Abstract Movies

  • 1940
    Tarantella

    Tarantella

    Tarantella

    5.741940HD

    Here the artist creates a world of color, form, movement and sound in which the elements are in a state of controllable flux, the two materials...

    Tarantella
  • 2024
    INFRASTRATA

    INFRASTRATA

    INFRASTRATA

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    Amongst the contemplative static shots of decaying architecture weaves an abstract narrative unveiling the life-cycle of a higher perception, too...

    INFRASTRATA
  • 2021
    Copycat Killer

    Copycat Killer

    Copycat Killer

    72021HD

    A visualizer for Phoebe Bridgers' Copycat Killer EP, featuring four songs originally released on the Grammy-nominated album Punisher, with new...

    Copycat Killer
  • 1965
    The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics

    The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics

    The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics

    7.3071965HD

    Animated work detailing the unrequited love that a line has for a dot, and the heartbreak that results due to the dot's feelings for a lively...

    The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
  • 1961
    Shearing Animation

    Shearing Animation

    Shearing Animation

    71961HD

    An abstract animated film inspired by the work of jazz musician Chico Hamilton.

    Shearing Animation
  • 2019
    Catgot

    Catgot

    Catgot

    02019HD

    A colourful "fountain performance".

    Catgot
  • 2019
    A Fugue

    A Fugue

    A Fugue

    02019HD

    A space occupies it, awaiting to be unlocked by a freeing action or notion. What lies ahead is its determination.

    A Fugue
  • 1973
    Squares

    Squares

    Squares

    01973HD

    An abstract computer-generated film. The image is of squares revolving in space around and through each other. Colors and forms multiply and divide...

    Squares
  • 2024
    Monosyllabic

    Monosyllabic

    Monosyllabic

    02024HD

    In an alternate universe, the dinosaurs have roared one too many times before the asteroid hits Earth. The consequences that follow could be...

    Monosyllabic
  • 1961
    Blazes

    Blazes

    Blazes

    4.71961HD

    100 basic images switching positions for 4000 frames.

    Blazes
  • 2025
    My Blood Flows Like Acid

    My Blood Flows Like Acid

    My Blood Flows Like Acid

    02025HD

    An abstract, surreal and experimental anthology consisting of five sequences exploring the themes of identity, the nature of existence and the human...

    My Blood Flows Like Acid
  • 1958
    Raga

    Raga

    Raga

    51958HD

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

    Raga
  • 2021
    Candle

    Candle

    Candle

    02021HD

    Confined to an endlessly burning waiting room, a dying sedentary woman experiences herself blurring in and out of her body. In her last remaining...

    Candle
  • 2017
    Anoche

    Anoche

    Anoche

    7.52017HD

    Three memories that become one. An attempt to merge heterogeneous materials: a film sequence shot in Rome, a photo from the 1930s, a noisy...

    Anoche
  • 2012
    PXXXL

    PXXXL

    PXXXL

    02012HD

    Using century old technology, PXXXL creates digital glitch from analog process. It was animated directly on the celluloid without a camera, in a...

    PXXXL
  • 1969
    Cosmos

    Cosmos

    Cosmos

    5.71969HD

    The shifting, abstract color imagery of Jordan Belson's "Cosmos," which unfurls to electronic sound, is attributed in the program notes to the...

    Cosmos
  • 2008
    AANAATT

    AANAATT

    AANAATT

    02008HD

    "An exciting experiment in the tradition of Oskar Fischinger (Komposition in Blau, 1935), Dwinell Grant (Composition No. 1, 1940) and Slavko...

    AANAATT
  • 2023
    Liminal II

    Liminal II

    Liminal II

    02023HD

    In the smallest hour, a Crepuscus Tree beckons another unknowing wanderer.

    Liminal II
  • 1980
    Infinity

    Infinity

    Infinity

    61980HD

    Short experimental film by Jordan Belson

    Infinity
  • 1952
    Color Cry

    Color Cry

    Color Cry

    5.6111952HD

    In 1944 Lye moved to New York City, initially to direct for the documentary newsreel The March of Time. He settled in the West Village, where he...

    Color Cry