John Whitney-Permutations (1966)

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16 жыл бұрын

"In PERMUTATIONS, each point moves at a different speed and moves in a direction independent according to natural laws' quite as valid as those of Pythagoras, while moving in their circular field. Their action produces a phenomenon more or less equivalent to the musical harmonies. When the points reach certain relationships (harmonic) numerical to other parameters of the equation, they form elementary figures."- John Whitney

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@binary132 15 жыл бұрын

BLOWING MY MIND. wow. this guy was a genius!

@mushroomagical 13 жыл бұрын

Absolutely marvelous. I've watched this several times (relatively sober) and enjoyed it each time. Would love to eat a psilocybin mushroom and watch this.

@atwaterpub 10 жыл бұрын

Love to see this uploaded in HQ.

@atwaterpub 10 жыл бұрын

I actually saw this on film once over twenty years ago. Fantastic in a big theater. Love to see it in a digitally restored version.

@PeeteyP 15 жыл бұрын

according to wikipedia, he used analog computers until the 70's when started using digital computers- none of the sites I checked give any info on his actual production techniques (for his computer works)- he wrote a paper called computational periodics, which would suggest he was using mathematical formulae like sine waves and other periodics.

@guneyozsan 12 жыл бұрын

This kind of studies can also help people with hearing disability to imagine the concept of music.

@Babintone 12 жыл бұрын

I love. ♥

@CocoaValley 14 жыл бұрын

mmmmmm... bliss :)

@ephemeralife 15 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@hoosahfudge 13 жыл бұрын

awesome!

@jacketsblue 11 жыл бұрын

Flower of creation

@leap2222 12 жыл бұрын

Mirando este video debe ser lo mas bizarro del mundo sentir 'John Whitney te odio! John Whitney te amo!'. Con la limitacion de recursos de todo estilo que habia en esa epoca llega a lograr algo tan nerdo como eso. Eso si que es admirable. Lo envidio totalmente, jeje!

@KENKENNIFF 16 жыл бұрын

Amazing, I wish it was early electronic music though.

@marymeixner5556 10 жыл бұрын

"Od roku 1966 spolupracoval s firmou IBM na počítači System 360, na němž vytvořil Permutations (1966), jeden z prvních filmů považovaných za umělecké dílo realizované plně pomocí počítače." (Martin Čihák, Ponorná řeka kinematografie. NAMU, Praha 2013. s. 113)

@omgtkseth 12 жыл бұрын

@mariothepookster Just saying in case you didnt know. Its kinda obvious to people that are familiar with serial music, that its based on permutations, and that puts things in focus, Whitney's focus. But many people have never heard of serial music, and since there are only vague references in the description...

@omgtkseth 12 жыл бұрын

@mariothepookster What? Whitney studied serial music with Leibowitz, and I think that this is analogy to serial music (point music), hence the name permutations. In case you dont know who Leibowitz is, he was pupil of Ravel, and teacher of Boulez.

@relevance8 13 жыл бұрын

@trojanlol It's on the original film. I saw this years ago on VHS, and it had the same music. Don't know where Whitney himself got it from, though.

@Gurbz55 14 жыл бұрын

One word "TRIIIPPY"

@mariothepookster 12 жыл бұрын

@omgtkseth sorry i was referring to what the video reminded me of. in this case, "string theory" as in physics and not to whom Whitney was influenced by or studied with.

@mariothepookster 12 жыл бұрын

pretty cool ... reminds me of string theory