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A Light-Play in Black-White-Gray

A Light-Play in Black-White-Gray

1930 · 6 min · ★ 5.3 · Drama

This short film made by László Moholy-Nagy is based on the shadow patterns created by his Light-Space Modulator, an early kinetic sculpture consisting of a variety of curved objects in a carefully choreographed cycle of movements. Created in 1930, the film was originally planned as the sixth and final part of a much longer work depicting the new space-time.

Directed by László Moholy-Nagy

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