Symphonie Diagonale (EOTWS)

End Of The Week Shorts #43 extract: Symphonie Diagonale (1924)

What do you hear? 

This may seem like a ridiculous question when you watch what is essentially a few shapes enlarge and disappear in pure silence. However, if you can take this question seriously and considered this as a study of time and rhythm, and how imagery can imply sound, then you may find this as intriguing as I do. Having seen this multiple times, I've grown from seeing this as a strange test to a playful proposition that deserves the recognition of being one of the most important experimental films ever made. With Symphonie Diagonale, Eggeling is not telling us that he has made music with, he asking if we can sit down and try to hear his imagery sing. If you feel like giving this a try, here it is:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc5qPMSVixQ