Abstract Movies

  • 1963
    21-87

    21-87

    21-87

    6.81963HD

    This short film from Arthur Lipsett is an abstract collage of snippets from discarded footage found by Lipsett in the editing room of the National...

    21-87
  • 2016
    Untitled / Aubrac

    Untitled / Aubrac

    Untitled / Aubrac

    7.52016HD

    Untitled / Aubrac
  • 1956
    No. 11: Mirror Animations

    No. 11: Mirror Animations

    No. 11: Mirror Animations

    5.81956HD

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

    No. 11: Mirror Animations
  • 2001
    The Dowager's Idyll

    The Dowager's Idyll

    The Dowager's Idyll

    02001HD

    2001 Joan C. Gratz animated short

    The Dowager's Idyll
  • 1958
    Raga

    Raga

    Raga

    6.51958HD

    A hand animated film that is a precursor for Belson’s later work

    Raga
  • 2015
    cinéma concret

    cinéma concret

    cinéma concret

    6.52015HD

    Shadow presences gradually emerge in Japanese filmmaker Makino Takashi’s abstract cinema composed of layers upon layers of natural imagery that...

    cinéma concret
  • 1970
    inefficient joy_

    inefficient joy_

    inefficient joy_

    01970HD

    Inefficient Joy is an experimental ski film that explores the paradox of devoting so much time and energy to something as fleeting as the moments we...

    inefficient joy_
  • 2026
    Unearthly

    Unearthly

    Unearthly

    02026HD

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

    Unearthly
  • 2003
    Allahu Akbar

    Allahu Akbar

    Allahu Akbar

    32003HD

    Rhythm and repetition plays an important role in the animated film Allahu Akbar by Usama Alshaibi. With this film, Alshaibi questions the...

    Allahu Akbar
  • 2025
    Live At Lightspace, Leeds 11-09-25

    Live At Lightspace, Leeds 11-09-25

    Live At Lightspace, Leeds 11-09-25

    02025HD

    An official bootleg of Shearling's 2025 European tour live at Lightspace, Leeds (September 11th), recorded by The Factory Roof (Annya McCabe).

    Live At Lightspace, Leeds 11-09-25
  • 2012
    Heart String Marionette

    Heart String Marionette

    Heart String Marionette

    52012HD

    A tale about a kid, a samurai mime, and a stripper who all try to defeat a warlord and an evil clown who have successfully turned a countryside into...

    Heart String Marionette
  • 2019
    Number Two

    Number Two

    Number Two

    02019HD

    Number Two’ is an audio visual work which materializes the definite possibilities of sight and the existence of light in space with the drama...

    Number Two
  • 1961
    Blazes

    Blazes

    Blazes

    4.91961HD

    100 basic images switching positions for 4000 frames.

    Blazes
  • 1972
    Keep on Turning

    Keep on Turning

    Keep on Turning

    01972HD

    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
  • 2019
    Details of Pollock's White Light

    Details of Pollock's White Light

    Details of Pollock's White Light

    02019HD

    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
  • 2021
    everyday star

    everyday star

    everyday star

    02021HD

    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
  • 2000
    Hell Frozen Over

    Hell Frozen Over

    Hell Frozen Over

    02000HD

    Bernadette Corporation describes this work as "A fashion film about the poetry of Stéphane Mallarmé and the color white." Produced for...

    Hell Frozen Over
  • 2014
    Blue Movie

    Blue Movie

    Blue Movie

    02014HD

    C+M, for YK. Subtractive colour blending is used in an attempt to conjure Yves Klein's 'L'accord bleu (RE 10)', 1960. The limitations imposed by...

    Blue Movie
  • 1974
    Fuji

    Fuji

    Fuji

    5.71974HD

    A live action footage of a smiling, bespectacled (presumably) Western tourist set against the familiar cadence of an accelerating train revving up as...

    Fuji
  • 2012
    Shift

    Shift

    Shift

    02012HD

    An attempt to visualize higher dimensions and unearthliness, taking into account these concepts' heightened awareness, when attempting to process or...

    Shift