Sonata for Pen, Brush, and Ruler

From 1967-71 Barry Spinello made films without camera or tape recorder by hand drawing both sound and picture directly onto clear 16mm leader. His interest and education (at Columbia) was in music, painting, and poetry. His effort was to merge these three: “to squeeze sound and picture out of the same tube – to weave a cloth with warp as sound, woof as picture, and meaning the fabric itself."

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Mirror

Mirror

1975

The Life of Python

The Life of Python

2000

Diwan

1974

Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes

Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes

1971

Crazy Love

1971

Henry John and the Little Bug

Henry John and the Little Bug

2009

Plastic Jesus

Plastic Jesus

1971

Berlin Horse

Berlin Horse

1970

La deuxième femme

La deuxième femme

2008

Brincando el Charco: Portrait of a Puerto Rican

Brincando el Charco: Portrait of a Puerto Rican

1994

Dog Star Man

Dog Star Man

1965

The Happy Accident

The Happy Accident

2020

Confession

Confession

1968

Wall

2004

VICTORIA XXI

VICTORIA XXI

2019

Wind

Wind

1992

Congo

Congo

1972

A Silent Day

A Silent Day

1999

Crash!

Crash!

1971

Biljana Returned from London

Biljana Returned from London

1976