Abstract Movies

Suggestion is the rock, and the physical evidence is the evanescent spray that breaks against the unseen. Transitive enharmonics of things touching...

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

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...

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

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

June 1971 - in a fluid landscape completely below sea level, a young biology student dies during the last year of his studies, leaving behind an...

Short experimental film by Hy Hirsh. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with iotaCenter and National Film Preservation Foundation...

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

Disturbed by an irrational aversion to his house owner's unsettling left eye, man contemplates murder to escape the disturbing presence and restore...

Abiogenesis within machinery. New life begins and strives - before being cut short.

1995 Joan C. Gratz claymation short film

Estranged lovers reconnect through the power of the Magic Conch Shell.

Two Space systematically explores symmetries used by Islamic artists to create abstract temple decorations. The two dimensional patterns, like the...

A vibrant animation by Patricia Marx. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.

Thirty-six layers of water aligned to create a perfect circle. 1 of 2

Channelling Lye and McLaren, de Bruyn continues his explorations of ‘direct-to-film’ inspired artwork barely contained within the frame.

Number Two’ is an audio visual work which materializes the definite possibilities of sight and the existence of light in space with the drama...

A headless skeleton goes fishing.

The guests are just like us: people who carry the burden of existing. Throughout nine episodes, partners (couples, friends, relatives) will sit next...

A description of some parts of the world - explored, visited, documented, imagined. An abstract attempt at finding them again. The title refers to...