FENCES is a short abstract handmade film, creating optical illusions by exploring graphic fence- and wheel structures. The title refers to the 'Fence phenomenon', which was first observed by the Scottish publisher John Murray (J.M.) in 1821 :

the spokes of a wheel which are viewed in motion through a series of vertical bars, assume the optical illusion of a curvature of the spokes. This perception was the overture to the invention of film.  And inspired José Vonk, in close cooperation with composer Hans Muller, to create this film.

View films of José Vonk at the website of Light Cone, Paris.   

Co production	De Dames / H & W  Company
Production	H & W  Company
Distribution	EYE Film Institute (Amsterdam) en  Light Cone (Paris)
Length	6'
Format	35 mm. film, digibeta, beta SP, stereo, colour
Language version	Not applicable
Première	International Film Festival Rotterdam 2009
Screenings	Theater Lantaarn/Venster Rotterdam 25 and 26 January 2009 Cinema L'entrepot Paris 3 March 2009 Theater Lux Nijmegen 19 and 20 March 2009 Festival du court Métrage Nice 14-19 April 2009 Short Film Festival Hull 21-26 April 2009 EMAF Osnabrück 22-26 April 2009 Theater De Balie Amsterdam 17 May 2009 Nederlands Film Festival - Utrecht 23 September - 2 October 2009 Ourense International Film Festival 10-17 October 2009 Holland Animation Film festival 4-8 November 2009 Filmhuis The Hague (private screening) 20 January 2010 International Women's Film Festival Cologne Le Cabaret Vert in Charleville-Mézières 27-29 August 2010 Lisbon Animated Film Festival 21-27 March 2011 Espoo Ciné International 17-26 August 2011
Support of	Studio 2M Dutch Film Fund The Amsterdam Fund for the Art  Home Copy Fund