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Mosaic

Name: Mosaic
Duration: 5 min

Norman McLaren & Evelyn Lambart

1965 | 5 min

This short experimental animation tempts the eye with gradually unfolding yet increasingly complex movement, colour and sound. Reminiscent of the mid-20th-century style of “op art,” McLaren and Lambart’s film follows a single tiny square as it divides and multiplies, eventually forming a colourful, hypnotic mosaic set to the animators’ precise and deliberate musical orchestration.

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<iframe src="https://www.nfb.ca/film/mosaic/embed/player/" width="(( width ))" height="(( height ))" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true"></iframe><p style="width:(( width ))px"><a href="https://www.nfb.ca/film/mosaic/" target="_blank"><em>Mosaic</em></a><span>, </span><a href="https://www.nfb.ca/directors/norman-mclaren/" title="more films by Norman McLaren" target="_blank"><span>Norman McLaren</span></a><span> & </span><a href="https://www.nfb.ca/directors/evelyn-lambart/" title="more films by Evelyn Lambart" target="_blank"><span>Evelyn Lambart</span></a><span>, </span><a href="https://www.nfb.ca" target="_blank">provided by the National Film Board of Canada</a></p>

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Credits

director

Norman McLaren

Evelyn Lambart
animation

Norman McLaren

Evelyn Lambart
producer

Norman McLaren
music

Norman McLaren
sound

Ron Alexander

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