Abstract Movies

Burr creates a slow, liminal illusion in black-and-white, switching perspectives and matrices and crescendo-ing in time with Christopher...

Abstract animation

A perfect blending of the art of maths and the maths of art.

Black-and-white abstract animated short of light, shadows, and reflections by The Dodals (Karel Dodal (1900-1986) in collaboration with his wife,...

Quiet reflections at the end of the season.

Rubin chats with two friends.

A deep dive into a snowstorm of structural chaos and a blizzard of exploding gestural animation.

Joost Rekveld's first film is an hommage to the way daylight changes colour during the course of the day and links this to how film is a medium that...

A couple are watching television together. Over time, the shows become more bizarre: a news report about the arrest of two terrorists reveals they...

Although only a couple of minutes long, this animated short makes the point that oxygen is the stuff of life whether on land, in the air or water,...

Len Lye usually timed his films with great care to match their soundtracks, but for All Souls Carnival, he and composer Henry Brant worked...

A film motivated by nothing (but daily life and (my) vision). It represents nothing, it signifies nothing. There’s no hidden meaning, no...

A boy dreams about a girl who he is in love with.

This short experiments with the flow of oil ink over the surface of the water. Mizue manipulated the ink by blowing with straws or stirring with...

With a rushing smear, a cyclist begins his race.

A subway passenger suffers from hallucinations and sees the metro that he has just boarded accelerate and gain speed quickly.

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

This visual poetry is a celebration of the full spectrum of womanhood, from the complex vulnerability to the hidden power.

Astract stop-motion short film using "lightning doodles" by Tochka.