Adebar is the first film to be edited entirely according to a mathematical rhythmic strategy. Kubelka was commissioned to create a commercial for Café Adebar, a dance bar in Vienna. He filmed dancers against a white wall, using extreme backlighting to create silhouettes.

Adebar uses footage from only eight unique shots that show dancing silhouettes, arranged in 16 rigidly structured sequences. Each sequence spans 104 film frames and consists of four shots lasting 13, 26, or 52 frames. The shots always alternate between positive and negative images. Some freeze on the first or last frame of the shot. The film’s soundtrack is a 26-frame loop of Pygmy music.