Rhythmus 21, an early abstract film by hans richter 1921. In the beginning of the century, the coexistence of sound, color and movements in the same artwork was still on an experimental level. Rhythmus 21 was released in 1921 in black and white, and spans for approximately 3 minutes. Hans richter biography, albums, streaming links allmusic.
His first published result is rhythmus 1921, presumably created in 1921 but. Hans richter 6 april 1888 1 february 1976 was a german painter, graphic artist, avantgardist, filmexperimenter and producer. Hans richter was a german avantgarde artist who started experimenting with film together with viking eggeling. On viewing hans richters rhythmus 21 lori schafers. The film is the first installment of richter s film ist rhythm series and is considered, by experts, an early and influential film to the abstract film movement. Hans richter s rhythmus 21 1921 has modest enough aspirations, and i suppose its fair to say that it fulfills them adequately. Rhythmus 21 rhythm 21 hans richter began his painting career in dadas zurich group, but soon became involved in research and experimentation in the film medium, eventually developing a distinctive personal language. Rhythmus 21 is an absolute film movie directed by hans richter. Its history often overlaps with the concerns and history of visual music. Oh, i saw the standards they show in the introductory film classes.
Rhythmus 23 is an extension to his earlier film rhythmus 21, and caused a nearriot at its premiere in berlin hans richter rhythmus 23 1923 experimental cinema skip to main content. Rhythmus 21 aka film is rhythm hans richter dvd x264. He was born in berlin into a welltodo family and died in minusio, near locarno, switzerland. Rhythmus 21 is a short, black and white silent film by hans richter released in 1921. Hans richter was one of the greatest german conductors of the romantic era and among richard wagners greatest champions. As far as geometric shapes increasing and decreasing in size cinema goes, this is a vaguely interesting short film that takes a simple concept and does simple things with it. Id never really thought much about avantgarde cinema i guess it didnt particularly appeal to me, and i never felt any special desire or calling to study it or seek it out.
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