Blinkity Blank

Blinkity Blank

19555 min6.4 / 10

A kinetic, visually inventive experimental short that treats animation itself as a playful instrument, exploring perception through direct manipulation of film stock.

A playful exercise in intermittent animation and spasmodic imagery. Playing with the laws relating to persistence of vision and after-image on the retina of the eye, McLaren engraves pictures on blank film creating vivid, percussive effects.

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