Abstract Movies

  • 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
  • 2019
    13 Years Later

    13 Years Later

    13 Years Later

    02019HD

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

    13 Years Later
  • 2002
    #23.3 Book of Mirrors

    #23.3 Book of Mirrors

    #23.3 Book of Mirrors

    62002HD

    #23.2 Book of Mirrors deals with the multiplication of light beams through mirrors and kaleidoscopes.

    #23.3 Book of Mirrors
  • 1938
    Ideas in Search of Light

    Ideas in Search of Light

    Ideas in Search of Light

    81938HD

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

    Ideas in Search of Light
  • 2019
    Twilight

    Twilight

    Twilight

    02019HD

    An exploration of the relationship between sound and picture inspired by the two lights (twi-light) found inside film projectors.

    Twilight
  • 1982
    Night Mix

    Night Mix

    Night Mix

    61982HD

    Non-narrative film, highly manipulated: tape-over-frames, ink-tinted, bleached and drawn into. As a montage, abstractly and rhythmically intense....

    Night Mix
  • 2011
    99 Clerkenwell Road

    99 Clerkenwell Road

    99 Clerkenwell Road

    02011HD

    Filmed in an empty shop, the remaining features of the space are used to create a kaleidoscopic light film. Ceiling lamps become coloured spheres and...

    99 Clerkenwell Road
  • 2014
    Poker

    Poker

    Poker

    02014HD

    A burst of cheer and refreshment that it seems perfectly suited to a late July afternoon.

    Poker
  • 2020
    The Stroke

    The Stroke

    The Stroke

    02020HD

    The Stroke is a hand-drawn animation film that reverses the roles of audio and visuals for a music video. Improvised on its very first viewing, the...

    The Stroke
  • 2021
    Trafic

    Trafic

    Trafic

    02021HD

    Short film by Tomonari Nishikawa

    Trafic
  • 2007
    Sketch Film #4

    Sketch Film #4

    Sketch Film #4

    02007HD

    The fourth film in the series, for which I focused on colors and shapes. It was shot on Kodachrome, all edited in camera, and processed at...

    Sketch Film #4
  • 2018
    Aérobie

    Aérobie

    Aérobie

    02018HD

    With a rushing smear, a cyclist begins his race.

    Aérobie
  • 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
  • 1975
    Perspectrum

    Perspectrum

    Perspectrum

    01975HD

    In this animated short, simple geometric forms as thin and flat as playing cards constantly form and re-form to the sound of the koto, a 13-stringed...

    Perspectrum
  • 1966
    EMS nr 1

    EMS nr 1

    EMS nr 1

    01966HD

    An abstract audiovisual poem by electronic musician and composer Ralph Lundsten.

    EMS nr 1
  • 2012
    Alone with the Moon

    Alone with the Moon

    Alone with the Moon

    02012HD

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

    Alone with the Moon
  • 2017
    140 Characters

    140 Characters

    140 Characters

    02017HD

    "We are powerfully imprisoned by the terms in which we have been conducted to think.” - R. Buckminster Fuller

    140 Characters
  • 1963
    K3 - Clear Sky without Clouds

    K3 - Clear Sky without Clouds

    K3 - Clear Sky without Clouds

    01963HD

    An abstract film, with which Pansini attempted "Malevichean" reduction. It is a blank, an empty film reel with coloristic and toned global changes,...

    K3 - Clear Sky without Clouds
  • 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
  • 2004
    1-39-C

    1-39-C

    1-39-C

    22004HD

    Polish avant-garde animation with changing colors and shapes that suggest birth followed by heavy distortion and building to a face in the swamp.

    1-39-C