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Diagonal Symphony

Diagonal Symphony

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 4, 1924

Runtime

0h 7m

Genres

Animation

User Score

55%

Original Title

Symphonie diagonale

Director

Viking Eggeling

Description

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.