Vertical

Both a simple catalogue of verticals and a series of visual paradoxes exploring illusions of straightness and squareness and the notion of frame. A stimulus film showing recurrence of geometrics in nature. No dialogue.

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Credits

producer/director

David Hall

production company

Arts Council of Great Britain

David Hall

Duration

00:17:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1970

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

504882

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Optical illusion

Crafts & Visual Arts → Optical illusion

Experimental

Experimental → Experimental films - Great Britain

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Geometry, Descriptive

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Optical illusion

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1970

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