16mm

Whitney’s films are impossible to describe with the archaic language of the phonetic alphabet. Circles, crescents, quadrants, and multiplex forms of infinite variety and endless motion interact serially, and cosmically, until one is transported into a realm of expanded consciousness that intuitively understands this new language. It’s as though the very essence of the idea of permutation is expressed in this film, as though the “word” no longer were separate from the fact. And that’s exactly what Whitney has done: he’s merged language with what it is intended to express. “Beautiful” seems such an inadequate term in this respect. (Gene Youngblood, Expanded Cinema)

• Sektion Section: Film
• Programm Programme: Expanded Cinema: A Tribute to Gene Youngblood’s Book 1