Abstract Movies

  • 2019
    Details of Pollock's White Light

    Details of Pollock's White Light

    Details of Pollock's White Light

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    Ken Jacobs applies his patented Eternalism process to 3D images he took of Jackson Pollock's 1954 splatter painting.

    Details of Pollock's White Light
  • 1991
    The Elephant Graveyard

    The Elephant Graveyard

    The Elephant Graveyard

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    A man's car somehow becomes completely autonomous and takes the powerless driver, to a scrap yard, or a 'cemetery for cars', where several more...

    The Elephant Graveyard
  • 1958
    Somnambulists

    Somnambulists

    Somnambulists

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    In 1958, graduates of the Film School in Łódź – director Mieczysław Waśkowski and camera operator Adam...

    Somnambulists
  • 2026
    An Island

    An Island

    An Island

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    New experimental short from James Fotopoulos.

    An Island
  • 1989
    Cyclops

    Cyclops

    Cyclops

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    The strange transformation of a surveillance camera.

    Cyclops
  • 2015
    Marking Time

    Marking Time

    Marking Time

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    "3D Video SBS (side by side) format. For viewing on 3D monitor or television" -Le Grice

    Marking Time
  • 2025
    Put on a Face

    Put on a Face

    Put on a Face

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    Students walk into a photography studio to have their photograph taken, and put on a smile for the picture. But as soon as the camera flashes, it...

    Put on a Face
  • 2012
    Down with the Dawn

    Down with the Dawn

    Down with the Dawn

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    Coiling and turning orbs travel through the stratosphere. Birth and transcendence short animation from Run Wrake and Howie B.

    Down with the Dawn
  • 2026
    Unearthly

    Unearthly

    Unearthly

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    Two brothers move silently through the mundane world, carrying an unseen offering of light. As they journey from place to place, dancing and...

    Unearthly
  • 1956
    No. 11: Mirror Animations

    No. 11: Mirror Animations

    No. 11: Mirror Animations

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    Cut up animation and collage technique by Harry Smith synchronized to the jazz of Thelonious Monk's Mysterioso.

    No. 11: Mirror Animations
  • 1972
    Keep on Turning

    Keep on Turning

    Keep on Turning

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    In Wiertz and Verbeek's kinetic, kaleidoscopic opus Keep on Turning (1974, 3 min, 16mm, sound) cubes convey, rotate and shift in tandem.

    Keep on Turning
  • 2018
    Tetarape

    Tetarape

    Tetarape

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    Abstract animation by Boris Labbé

    Tetarape
  • 2023
    The Coronating

    The Coronating

    The Coronating

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    A knight has second thoughts before the coronation of a new king.

    The Coronating
  • 2001
    Full Moon

    Full Moon

    Full Moon

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    Designed for continuous single or multiple monitor display (as well as video projection), the tape is a collection of computer animated sequences of...

    Full Moon
  • 1970
    The Primal Urge of Evil

    The Primal Urge of Evil

    The Primal Urge of Evil

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    An abstract visual journey into the inner space where the primal urge for evil is born. Real footage transforms through distortion, light fields and...

    The Primal Urge of Evil
  • 2021
    everyday star

    everyday star

    everyday star

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    Everyday states of being and decay are observed through the infinite scope of the cosmos and the restorative light which emanates from it, driving...

    everyday star
  • 1973
    Serenade

    Serenade

    Serenade

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    Serenade is a milestone in the history of dance. It is the first original ballet George Balanchine created in America in 1934, and is one of the...

    Serenade
  • 1961
    Drums West

    Drums West

    Drums West

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    This newly rediscovered short was created in Jim's home studio in Bethesda, MD around 1961. It is one of several experimental shorts inspired by the...

    Drums West
  • 2005
    8.1

    8.1

    8.1

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    An abstract film on the music 'Unfinished' 8th Symphony, part 1, by Franz Schubert by Oerd van Cuijlenborg

    8.1
  • 1965
    The Last Zero

    The Last Zero

    The Last Zero

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    Animation short by Alina Maliszewska.

    The Last Zero