The Dancing Bulrushes (1985)
- Directed by
- Joanna Priestley
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 5 min
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This short animated film uses sand on glass to create moving images. The visuals shift and dance in an abstract way.
playfulwhimsicalexperimentalhypnoticorganiclooserhythmictextural
What happens
The Dancing Bulrushes is a 1985 5-minute 16mm short animated film by Joanna Priestley, and Steven Subotnick using sand on top glass, directly under the camera. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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