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László Moholy-Nagy

American, born Hungary

1895, Borsod, Austria-Hungary [now Bácsborsod
1946, Chicago, Illinois

This 1930 short film by László Moholy-Nagy is based on the shadow patterns created by his Light-Space Modulator (1922–30), an early kinetic sculpture consisting of a variety of curved objects that enact a carefully choreographed cycle of movements.

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