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A film consisting of only alternating black-and-white film images. During the projection,
light and dark sequences alternate to changing rhythms and produce stroboscopic and
flickering effects; and while viewing these, they cause optic impressions which
simulate colors and forms.
[..]
Tony Conrad, who has devoted himself to an intensive study of the physiology of the
nervous system, created with «The Flicker» an icon of the structural film, which
succeeds without a narrative or reproducible imagery. Since the seen is not
captured through the eyes, but rather first produced in the brain.
source
A film consisting of only alternating black-and-white film images. During the projection,
light and dark sequences alternate to changing rhythms and produce stroboscopic and
flickering effects; and while viewing these, they cause optic impressions which
simulate colors and forms.
[..]
Tony Conrad, who has devoted himself to an intensive study of the physiology of the
nervous system, created with «The Flicker» an icon of the structural film, which
succeeds without a narrative or reproducible imagery. Since the seen is not
captured through the eyes, but rather first produced in the brain.
source
