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Short films by Lillian F. Schwartz (1927-2024) (lillian.com)
ChrisArchitect 62 days ago [-]
Related:

Lillian Schwartz, Pioneer in Computer-Generated Art, Dies at 97 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41844260

kiisupai 62 days ago [-]
anonu 62 days ago [-]
> becoming the first female artist in residence at Bell Labs

I never knew about her - thank you for posting. The intersection of art and computers has always fascinated me. And clearly she was a pioneer in this field.

Here's the NYT obit: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/14/technology/lillian-schwar...

rootbear 62 days ago [-]
When I was at the University of Maryland in the late 70s, Schwartz visited the Computer Vision Lab and gave a talk. Sadly, I don't remember much about the talk but I did enjoy meeting her and discussing computer art.
wiz21c 62 days ago [-]
The mother of all the demoscene !!!
inatreecrown2 62 days ago [-]
what I find interesting in her short films is the "disconnect" between visual and audio. it is not perfectly synchronized, perhaps it would not have been possible to do so. but today with all out technical possibilities, to see something like this, it transmits a kind of purity and innocence.
myth_drannon 62 days ago [-]
I wonder if some of the Amiga demos were inspired by her art, they have very similar effects and hers are at least a decade earlier.
pdr94 62 days ago [-]
I saw this here so many times, I guess Amiga demos were really inspired by this
imaginationra 62 days ago [-]
I feel like I had to watch these as part of my MKULTRA programming sessions.
joony527 62 days ago [-]
Very nice short films! Had fun watching them
lproven 62 days ago [-]
All of them just display an error message for me. Nothing is playable.

What am I missing here?

lproven 62 days ago [-]
Seems to be a Mozilla browser fail. Works in Chrome. :-(
yuvalr1 62 days ago [-]
Works for me on FF
terminalbraid 62 days ago [-]
Works fine in Firefox for me.
bryanrasmussen 62 days ago [-]
so I guess this stuff will be out of copyright in 2094 then?
chelseak6 62 days ago [-]
Short films are ^^^^
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