RHYTHM IN LIGHT
EUTERPE
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4m 46s
A pictorial accompaniment in abstract forms, RHYTHM IN LIGHT is a pioneer effort in a new (circa mid-1930s) art form. It is a modern artist's impression of what goes on in the mind while listening to music.
Mary Ellen Bute used Melville Webber's experience with making cardboard models and with photographing in soft-focus and through prisms to produce multiple refractions and reflections. In addition, she used cellophane, ping-pong balls, sparklers, eggbeaters and bracelets to create a work that, while pushing toward abstraction, does not completely leave the objective world behind. — R. Bruce Elder
[Featuring an excerpt from the suite of PEER GYNT by Edvard Grieg.]
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