Friday 14 July 2006, 19.00
Friday 21 July 2006, 19.00
Friday 28 July 2006, 19.00

Programme duration approx 70 min

Norman McLaren (1914–87) was one of the most significant abstract filmmakers of the British interwar period. Born in Scotland, McLaren moved to America in 1939 and later worked at the National Film Board of Canada.

This screening features his virtuoso animations, created through an array of techniques, including painting directly on film and 'pixilation', a wildly surreal form – invented by McLaren – involving filming actors in stop motion. For several short films, he even drew the soundtrack directly onto the film, highlighting his interests in the work of László Moholy-Nagy and Oskar Fischinger, as well as in the notion of 'seeing' sound, and the synchronisation of music and image.

Tate Modern  Starr Auditorium
£4, booking recommended

    

This event is related to the Kandinsky: The Path to Abstraction exhibition