Summary
In 'Diagonal Symphony', a mesmerizing exercise in abstract animation, Viking Eggeling's magnum opus materializes as a perpetually evolving, stylized entity. Commencing as a tilted figure comprising predominantly right angles, the design incrementally expands through the accretion of brief, linear segments and curvaceous appendages. This Art Deco-esque motif, redolent of disparate objects - an ear, harp, panpipes, or grand piano with trombones - flashes into existence, only to vanish, making way for a novel pattern. Each cycle, a kaleidoscopic manifestation of form and texture, endures for a fleeting one to two seconds. The resultant effect is an entrancing, playful symphony of line and shape, an odyssey of ephemeral forms that captivate and bewilder.
Synopsis
A tilted figure, consisting largely of right angles at the beginning, grows by accretion, with the addition of short straight lines and curves which sprout from the existing design. The figure vanishes and the process begins again with a new pattern, each cycle lasting one or two seconds. The complete figures are drawn in a vaguely Art Deco style and could be said to resemble any number of things, an ear, a harp, panpipes, a grand piano with trombones, and so on, only highly stylized. The tone is playful and hypnotic.
Director
Viking Eggeling
