Ken Jacobs Movies

3D film by Ken Jacobs

A series of video letters between José Luis Guerín and Jonas Mekas.

A study in lunging waves, in 3D.

"Influenced by avant-garde artist-refugees from Europe, non-representational art dominated the art market after WW2 [...] Viewers offered open minds,...

"Abstract Expressionist Cinema"

An examination of the history of the U.S. through archival footage and contrasting views of society, incorporating audiovisual material ranging from...

World Premiere -- Museum of Moving Image 1/14/2017

Eternalism 3-D film by Ken Jacobs

"Abstract Expressionist Cinema"

A Tom Tom Chaser is Jacobs' 2002 poetic riff on the transformation of his classic film Tom Tom the Piper's Son from chemical to electronic form...

Shot in 1959, Scotch Tape is Jack Smith's first film -- a joyous, three-minute romp, in color, using Peter Duchin's rhumba "Carinhoso" for its...

A short by Ken Jacobs. Taormina, Sicily; Mt. Etna erupting nearby.

A still image of a palm-lined wooden walkway is edited together with mirror-images, close-ups, upside-down renderings, and smaller, framed versions...

Suggestion: Please see 'Another Occupation' before 'Seeking the Monkey King'. Contains flicker like many of my works; avoid if you have epilepsy or...

The Roses is a meditation on art, aging, and the nature of listening, as well a conversation between generations and between artists. The anaglyph...

An Eternalism film.

Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.

An Eternailsm 3-D film by Ken Jacobs

The documentary’s starting point is the discovery and restoration of a rare and unknown photography reel reproduced from a mutoscope film, made...

An Eternalism film.