A lyrical abstract film which strives to bring into actuality the inherent kinetic qualities seen in the construction-sculpture of Constant Nieuwenhuys of Amsterdam. The film artist has put into motion the pieces of this sculpture and with colored lights filmed them in various detail, overlaying the images on the film as they appear and disappear, in an attempt to produce sensations of acceleration and suspension which are suggested by the sculpture itself. Prize Winner: 1958 Brussels Experimental Film Competition. Purchased for the permanent archive collection of the British Film Institute, the Museum of Modern Art, the Rochester Public Library, and Northern Illinois University. - [Source CFS 1975 Catalog]'Gyromorphosis strives to bring into actuality the inherent kinetic qualities seen in the construction-sculpture of Constant Nieuwenhuys of Amsterdam. To realize this aim I have put into motion, one by one, pieces of this sculpture and, with colored lighting, filmed them in various detail, overlayingthe images on the film as they appear and disappear . In this way, I have hoped to produce sensations of acceleration and suspension which are suggested to me by the sculpture itself.' --Hy Hirsh
[Source 'The Emergence of Abstract Film in America,']