Early Digital Art & Early Computers: In Tandem On occasion of Christie's 'The History of Computing from the Paul G. Allen Collection' auction - a brief exploration of the early digital art these early machines made. Evolving Gravity II (1975) by Aaron Marcus, from the

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35mm film strips from Oskar Fischinger's Radio Dynamics, on display at Academy Film Museum's Color in Motion exhibition, LA. Collection CVM. #oskarfischinger

Paintings from the film Radio Dynamics by Oskar Fischinger, Collection CVM. On view at Academy Film Museum's Color in Motion exhibition (LA). From a series, gouache on heavy paper, punched for animation. CVM loaned many other #oskarfischinger and #maryellenbute items and films.

Center for Visual Music is fine, office and archives in LA are not in danger. We’re not here much, find our news on IG.

Our virtual seminar returns. centerforvisualmusic.org/OFSeminar.htm

Pleased to loan two restored #jordanbelson films to the Biennale, Allures and Meditation. Opening August 25.

Our Fall Art/Film Fundraiser is underway. Work by Oskar Fischinger, Mary Ellen Bute, Jordan Belson, Jules Engel, Alexeieff and more. Proceeds benefit our digitization & education programs. centerforvisualmusic.squarespace.com/art-film-fundr…

Some Mary Ellen Bute items from our collections, on display at the Academy Film Museum's recent Color in Motion exhibition in LA. Center, pages in a presentation book by Bute. Right, Bute at work, from same. Items on left are at Yale. We also loaned her film Color Rhapsodie.

Jordan Belson, Allures (1961), on view at the 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale at Seoul Museum of Art. Restored by Center for Visual Music We also loaned his film Meditation. Through November. Photo courtesy SeoulMuseumofArt #jordanbelson

Jordan Belson, Meditation, on view at the 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale at Seoul Museum of Art. The film was photochemically restored from Jordan’s original a/b/c rolls by Center for Visual Music We also loaned his film Allures. Through November. Photo courtesy SeoulMuseumofArt #jordanbelson

So much misinformation being spread about Jordan Belson. Here’s a letter regarding some of his wishes. Jordan, like Bruce Conner, wanted proper presentation of his films in dark environments, theatres and museum black box galleries. CVM continues to respect his wishes.

An Optical Poem by Oskar Fischinger. 35mm print in our archive. This is what the film really looks like, all those copies on social media are terribly faded. #oskarfischinger

CVM’s popular virtual seminar returns, “Oskar Fischinger and Visual Music.” A deep dive into his work, featuring rare and classic films, archival materials, illustrated talks, discussions. Limited enrollment. centerforvisualmusic.org/OFSeminar.htm

Jules Engel, Untitled three color silkscreen, 1974. Just added to our Art/Film Fundraiser. centerforvisualmusic.squarespace.com/art-film-fundr…

Introducing our Mary Ellen Bute collection. While many collectors (and written histories) credit Ben Laposky's oscilloscope photos as the very first visual electronic/computer art, that may not be true. Artist/Filmmaker Mary Ellen Bute also created oscilloscope photos at the

Why is Oskar Fischinger the Father of Visual Music? Was he the Pixar of 1930s Berlin? Take a deep dive into his films and life with CVM’s Oskar Fischinger & Visual Music virtual seminar. Rare films, archival material, hosted by curator/archivist Keefer. centerforvisualmusic.org/OFSeminar.htm?…

Mary Ellen Bute, with Ted Nemeth. Photograph from her oscilloscope experiments, early 1950s. Collection Center for Visual Music.