Oskar Fischinger was born in Gelnhausen, on June 22, 1900. He studied organ buildung and then mechanical engineering in Frankfurt, successfully completing his studies in 1922.
Fischinger devoted his major energies throughout his life to abstract animation and radical experiments in non-objective imagery — from sliced wax to multiple-projector light shows.
Fischinger synchronized his abstract films to phonograph records and live musical accompaniments, because he found that the analogy with music helped audiences to grasp and accept the nature and meaning of his “universal”, absolute imagery. Oskar never meant to illustrate music, and often screened his “sound” films silently.
Stills from Fischinger's animations.
