简介：美国抽象动画导演斯塔普的作品集，收录他的4部短片，45分钟，VHS。 Butterflies:HomageàFrancoisCouperin(1978)2:33-Alsoknownas"Butterflies".A3-minutefantasyofbutterfliesanddragonfliescavortingamongstthepussywillows,Japanese-inspiredanimationaccompaniedbytwovariationsonkeyboardworksbytheBaroquecomposer.Usesapointillisttechniquetoprovideastroboscopicillusionwhererecognizableshapesbecomefluidabstractions,andwheretimeisstretchedtorevealthemainpatternsofthechoreography.Exhibitsavisualhaikuwhereinaninvisibleaircurrentstirstheleavesofgrassandblowsbackthebutterflies. PictureInYourMind(1948)16:16-SentbytheU.S.governmentasaparticipantintheMarshallPlanwithaspecificmissiontoassisttheFrenchinre-gearingtheiranimationstudios,StappdiscoveredaEuropemuch-decimatedbywar,butinfurtherdangerofannihilationbynuclearweapons.ReturningtotheU.S.,heproducedthisalarming-yet-hopefulfilm,repletewithitslonely,Tanguy-inspiredlandscapespeopledwithstaticfigurescastinglongshadowsacrosscharcoal-coloredplains.Whiletakingtheriskofleaningabittowarddidacticism,Stappmanagedtourgentlyconveythethoughtthatworlddestructionwasnotnecessarilyinevitable,providedthatpeopleembrace,ratherthanrejecttheirculturalandracialdifferences.'Picture'isauniquedocumentresultingfromthesometimesdreamy,sometimesnightmarishvisionoftheartistinawar-tornland,withthespectreofdeathhoveringever-so-slightlyahead. Symmetry(1966)10:40-Inperhapshisgreatestfilm,Stapp'sstylizedandpointillist-inspiredabstractimagesdanceinasurrealistfloatingworldreminiscentofJapanese"ukiyo-e"illustration,the"stage"seenfromthreeperspectives(overhead,direct,anddiagonal),thefigurescontinuallyrotating,dividing,andconverging. Water(1961)13:50-ProducedbytheUnitedNations,thisutopianviewofinternationalcooperationoverwaterrightswaswrittenandanimatedbyStapp,combiningsmallamountsoflive-actionfootagewithartistically-treatedstillphotographyandStapp'spointillist-inspiredfloatingimages.…