Ken Jacobs Movies

An Eternalism film.

An Eternalism film.

An Eternalism film.

An Eternalism film.

An Eternalism film.

"The image on the screen flickers unsteadily; the rhythm is unsettling: black/white, black/white, white/black. The film cuts abruptly to a...

"Abstract Expressionist Cinema"

Found footage film by Ken Jacobs of Pygmalion starring Leslie Howard with various digital glitches.

One of Ken Jacobs' Eternalisms.

3D Eternalism by Ken Jacobs

Obvious as the facts may be, (and available on the web; tap in the expression Reichstag 9/11), we are all wonderfully free to “make up our own...

Sequel to Sensoriums at Sea: Dr. Toothy's New Entranceway

One of Ken Jacobs' Amorous Interludes

Anaglyph 3D film by Ken Jacobs based on a 1974 shadow play performance.

"Abstract Expressionist Cinema"

An homage to Op-Art, Brain Operations was inspired by an optical illusion produced by checkered tiles on the artist's bathroom floor. "When editing...

Description by Ken Jacobs: Get Up and Go is a glimpse given dimension. No day is complete without a visit to Chinatown and on this day my movie...

Studying painting with Hans Hofmann had sensitized me to depth phenomena, to strange readings of depth including the most unnatural: flat. In 1964, I...

Polaroid 3D short film by Ken Jacobs.

"Abstract Expressionist Cinema"