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Artist's Profile: Jordan Belson William MoritzJordan Belson studied fine arts at UC-Berkeley. Like his friend Harry Smith, he was inspired to make films after seeing the works of Oskar Fischinger and James Whitney at the 1946 Art in Cinema Festival. In the 1950s Belson painted, produced films and collaborated with composer Henry Jacobs on the Vortex Concerts, a series of visual music shows at San Francisco's Morrison Planetarium. In the 1960s, Belson became increasingly ascetic and contemplative, and his later films reflect his devotion to Buddhism, mysticism and yoga. Today he lives in San Francisco. Selected Filmography:
BibliographyBeat ZenAltered States A Meditation Story Vortex Concerts L'art du Mouvement 1919-1996, Centre Pompidou, 1996. Jordan Belson: Last of the Great Masters, Animation Journal, Vol 7, no 2, 1999 LinksToward Cosmic Concsciousness from Expanded Cinema by Gene YoungbloodVisionary Art San Francisco Bay Guardian The Unknown Art of Jordan Belson by Ying Tan The Vortex Concerts Program Notes |