Vibrating Strong – Chordophone from IV Suite in E flat major

An artistic animation film made to J. S. Bach’s music. The author is trying to translate sounds into the language of graphics. He is not only interested in the nature of the Bach’s suite but also in the inner structure of the instrument – audible vibrations of the string – and in the elusive relationship between the artist  playing the music and the cello.

Directed, screenplay, artwork and animated by Rafał Bartkowicz
Music by Johann Sebastian Bach
Music performed by Anner Bylsma – cello
Artistic supervision by Jerzy Kucia
Photography by Dariusz Tokarczyk
Editing and sound by Wiesław Nowak
Produced by Grażyna Lipińska
Classical animation – painting on celluloid and cut-out, 35 mm, colour, 149 m, 05:25′, format 4:3
Date of production: 16.06.1995 © TVP SA