Computers, music, and film have all collided, creating a new kind of primordial earth out of which new ideas may grow. The new science of information has import and application not only to moon landings and communication theory, but to humanistic and artistic fields as well. Might it be that the application of computers as common denominators will allow the riches of one field to directly benefit the other? Will we someday be able to sculpt an equation? Or transmute a symphony?

— RICHARD MOORE, FILMMAKERS NEWSLETTER, VOL. 4, ISSUE. 6, APRIL 1971

CHM is delighted to publicly present five rare editions of Lillian Schwartz’s experimental films from the early 1970s, all with scores composed and created by F. Richard Moore. This collection of films documents an extraordinary moment in both the history of computing and art history, in which breakthrough systems for both computer music and computer animation at Bell Labs were used for an artistic collaboration that demonstrated the great range of new aesthetic possibilities that had opened