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Short films by Lillian F. Schwartz (1927-2024) (lillian.com)
ChrisArchitect 216 days ago [-]
Related:

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

kiisupai 216 days ago [-]
anonu 216 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 216 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 216 days ago [-]
The mother of all the demoscene !!!
inatreecrown2 216 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 216 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 216 days ago [-]
I saw this here so many times, I guess Amiga demos were really inspired by this
imaginationra 216 days ago [-]
I feel like I had to watch these as part of my MKULTRA programming sessions.
joony527 216 days ago [-]
Very nice short films! Had fun watching them
lproven 216 days ago [-]
All of them just display an error message for me. Nothing is playable.

What am I missing here?

lproven 216 days ago [-]
Seems to be a Mozilla browser fail. Works in Chrome. :-(
yuvalr1 216 days ago [-]
Works for me on FF
terminalbraid 216 days ago [-]
Works fine in Firefox for me.
bryanrasmussen 216 days ago [-]
so I guess this stuff will be out of copyright in 2094 then?
chelseak6 216 days ago [-]
Short films are ^^^^
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