In looking for inspiration and studying the forms of expression used in past experimental films I came across László Moholy-Nagy’s 1933 film ABC in Sound. Moholy-Nagy was a professor at the Bauhaus School and was known for being an innovator, even being called “relentlessly experimental” by art critic Peter Schjeldahl. Within this film he experiments with unifying the senses of sight and sound by using a low buzz that shifts in pitch and tone paired with some limited animation that at first appears as sketches resembling soundwaves only to start morphing into more expressive imagery.

Of particular interest to me were the sketches resembling silhouettes of people.

It amazes me that something so limited and lacking in detail can still be recognisable as a person. I am uncertain how exactly my viewing of this film will impact my own work but I found Moholy-Nagy’s experiments intriguing.