It will work better using a SMALL SCREEN FORMAT.
A fragment (going on a loop) of the film of Jackson Pollock painting - shot by Hans Namuth (1950) and released as "Jackson Pollock 51" (1951). Sound is not synchronous. Available (with another short clip and a text transcript of Pollock's comments) at http://www.nga.gov/f eature/pollock/proce ss3qt.shtm
An early Hitchcock film (1925), coproduced by Gainsborough (London) and Emelka (Munich). You can find this clip (among others) in the italian site www.hitchcockmania.i t.
Ruttmann going from abstract to concrete, to "real image" photography, in is famous "urban symphony": antecipating Saul Bass's credit title for Hitchcock's "North by Northwest".
Hans Richter's film (1928): two clips (the beggining and the end) with Dr. Jahal Jal's music (the original soundtrack of "VormittagsSpuk" / "Ghosts Before Breakfast" was destroyed by the nazis).
2 synchronized 16mm films. Michael Snow's "Two Sides to Every Story" (1974) in CCB's (Lisbon) presentation of "Into the Light" (2004-2005), the exhibition curated by Chrissie Illes (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York).
Rebecca Horn's (Germany, 1944) installation "Light Imprisoned in the Belly of the Whale" (2002). CCB (Lisbon), 2005: "Bodylandscapes | Desenhos, escultura, instalações 1964-2004", curated by Armin Zweite. Sound is not always synchronous.
A new music video for an old polka: a gift to the subscribers of Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro's magazine "O Besouro" (Rio de Janeiro, 1878). Rafel Bordalo Pinheiro (1846-1905) was a portuguese illustrator, cartoonist, comics creator and ceramics designer (see, for instance: http://lambiek.net/a rtists/p/pinheiro_r_ b.htm ). Music by J. Geraldo D. Ribeiro.
An old form of animation: without film, it requires only a thumb. Music by Doctor Jahal: "Sonnerie pour Sa Majesté le Roi des Clowns (Qui Dort en Souriant)".
2 synchronized super 8mm films, simultaneously projected on 2 opposite walls. Dan Graham's "Helix/Spiral" (1973) in CCB's (Lisbon) presentation of "Into the Light" (2004-2005), the exhibition curated by Chrissie Illes (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York). Another side to an idea.
A loop projection of four 16mm films (video transfer). Original version with soundtrack. Projected on four walls. CCB's (Lisbon) presentation of "Into the Light" (2004-2005), the exhibition curated by Chrissie Illes (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York). The physicality of an idea.