Through researching Jordan Belson, I came across another filmmaker called Oskar Fischinger. He created similarly styled films to that of Belson. He invented the 'Lumigraph' (also known as a version of the colour organ) in the 1950s. It produced imagery when objects or body parts were pushed onto its rubberised screen. The Lumigraph needed two people to operate it properly; one person to make colour changes and the other to push things into the rubberised screen.
There are no videos of Oskar using it but I managed to find a film of his wife Elfriede's performance using the Lumigraph after he had passed away.
Fischinger is also well known for creating abstract films, which I have also looked into. These are again, mesmerising films that you get drawn into. The scenes, if you will, all blend into one and flow on from one another.
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