Abstract Movies
- 2015
Marking Time
Marking Time72015HD
"3D Video SBS (side by side) format. For viewing on 3D monitor or television" -Le Grice
- 1961
Blazes
Blazes4.71961HD
100 basic images switching positions for 4000 frames.
- 2007
Sketch Film #4
Sketch Film #402007HD
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...
- 1999
Jazzimation
Jazzimation01999HD
A jazzy film in which the spectator is forced to look with the ears and listen with the eyes. An abstract film drawn directly on the computer.
- 1959
High Voltage
High Voltage51959HD
High Voltage is constructed from footage James Whitney contributed to Belson for use in one of his Vortex concerts.
- 2009
Blend
Blend02009HD
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...
- 2018
VIVAldi VVinter
VIVAldi VVinter102018HD
A deep dive into a snowstorm of structural chaos and a blizzard of exploding gestural animation.
- 1965
The Last Zero
The Last Zero01965HD
Animation short by Alina Maliszewska.
- 2002
#23.3 Book of Mirrors
#23.3 Book of Mirrors62002HD
#23.2 Book of Mirrors deals with the multiplication of light beams through mirrors and kaleidoscopes.
- 2015
cinéma concret
cinéma concret6.52015HD
Shadow presences gradually emerge in Japanese filmmaker Makino Takashi’s abstract cinema composed of layers upon layers of natural imagery that...
- 2000
Hell Frozen Over
Hell Frozen Over02000HD
Bernadette Corporation describes this work as "A fashion film about the poetry of Stéphane Mallarmé and the color white." Produced for...
- 2017
Divisional Articulations
Divisional Articulations52017HD
Repetition and distortion drive this audiovisual collaboration between composer Lux Prima and visual artist Max Hattler, where fuzzy analogue music...
- 2006
Constellations
Constellations92006HD
Film by Paul Clipson. Music by Jefre Cantu Ledesma.
- 2007
Sketch Film #5
Sketch Film #502007HD
Sketch Film #5 (Tomonari Nishikawa, 2007, 3 min., super 8, silent, 18/24fps, b&w, USA) This is the last film in the series. I shot at the site of...
- 1957
All Souls Carnival
All Souls Carnival4.51957HD
Len Lye usually timed his films with great care to match their soundtracks, but for All Souls Carnival, he and composer Henry Brant worked...
- 2025
Lil' Guys
Lil' Guys02025HD
Director River Roest sees Lil' Guys as an exploration of his love for animation, the exhaustion it can cause, and ultimately, the joy it brings. In...
- 2020
The Bird Watcher
The Bird Watcher02020HD
A young filmmaker goes on a surreal journey that blurs reality in order to film the perfect scene.
- 1970
Disabuse
Disabuse01970HD
Abstract short.
- 2024
"Don't Scream Now"
"Don't Scream Now"02024HD
"We follow Detective Rodriguez on a case that will take him to new and abstract places and feelings"
- 2019
Finding Vision, Finding Voice
Finding Vision, Finding Voice102019HD
This abstract video art piece was made for the purposes of being a backdrop to a semi-improvisational three person dance piece and live spoken word...