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Animation Night 2025
Filmstill Electronic Masks
Electronic Masks
Barbara Sykes
Sykes wrangles the abstract into the familiar, bending the raw colours and shapes of the Sandin Image Processor into a stream of figures that seem to emanate from some ancient subconscious.
Filmstill Electronic Masks

Electronic Masks

Electronic Masks
Barbara Sykes
Animation Night 2025
Animated Film
USA
1978
5 minutes
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None

Barbara Sykes, a master craftswoman of electronic visuals, manages to wrangle the abstract into the familiar. Bending and warping the raw colours and shapes of the Sandin Image Processor, she creates a series of images that seem to emanate from some ancient subconscious. Mixed together tightly with its percussive soundtrack, the film is a vibrant experiment in visual music.

Ben Sassen

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Director
Barbara Sykes
Producer
Barbara Sykes