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Film and Video Preservation




In association with The Academy Film Archive and with funding from the National Film Preservation Foundation, and The National Endowment for the Arts, iota has preserved more than 30 titles to date, including films by John and James Whitney, Jordan Belson, Pat O'Neill, Hy Hirsh and Jules Engel.

Alphabetical List of Preserved Films









Films Preserved by The iotaCenter



Adam Beckett

Dear Janice (1972) - NFPF
Heavy-Light (1973)- NFPF
Evolution of the Red Star (1973) - NFPF
Flesh Flows (1974) - NFPF
Sausage City (1974) - NFPF
Kitch in Synch (1975) - NFPF

Jordan Belson

Allures (1961) - NFPF
Light (1973) - NFPF
Momentum (1968) - NFPF
World (1970) - NFPF

Mary Ellen Bute

Mood Contrasts

Hy Hirsh

Colour de la Forme (1961) - Whitney Museum
Autumn Spectrum (1957) - NFPF
Chasse des Touches (1959) - NFPF
Come Closer (1952) - NFPF
Decollages Recolles (1961) - NFPF
Defense d'Afficher (1958) - NFPF
Divertissement Rococo (1951) - NFPF
Eneri (1953) - NFPF
Gyromorphosis (1954) - NFPF
Scratch Pad (1960) - NFPF

Jules Engel

Three Arctic Flowers - NEA
Celebration - NEA
Interior (1987) - NFPF
Play-Pen (1986) - NFPF
Wet Paint (1977) - NFPF
Rumble (1975) - NFPF
Silence (1968) - NFPF
Train Landscape (1974) - NFPF

Pat O'Neill

7362 (1965-67) - NFPF

John Whitney

Permutations (1968) - NFPF
Catalog (1965) - NFPF

James Whitney

High Voltage (1957) - NFPF
Lapis (1966) - NFPF
Yantra (1950-57) - NFPF

Light is the artist's sole medium of expression. He must mold it by optical means, almost as a sculptor models clay. He must add colour, and finally motion to his creation. Motion, the time dimension, demands that he must be a choreographer in space.
-Thomas Wilfred

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