Abstract Movies

  • 1959
    Odds & Ends

    Odds & Ends

    Odds & Ends

    7.31959HD

    Odds & Ends is a sly comment on the collage film and Beat culture. To discarded travel and advertising footage found at a local film laboratory,...

    Odds & Ends
  • 2020
    Casual Workers

    Casual Workers

    Casual Workers

    02020HD

    An abstract perspective into two young South African workers in the heart of Johannesburg's industrial sector during Covid-19

    Casual Workers
  • 2023
    Ancestral Bone

    Ancestral Bone

    Ancestral Bone

    02023HD

    Dwellings and footpaths carved in rock echo a history of living in sync with the natural world. A distance away, a geological anomaly reverberates in...

    Ancestral Bone
  • 2009
    Blend

    Blend

    Blend

    02009HD

    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...

    Blend
  • 1989
    TV Buster

    TV Buster

    TV Buster

    01989HD

    A couple are watching television together. Over time, the shows become more bizarre: a news report about the arrest of two terrorists reveals they...

    TV Buster
  • 1966
    EMS nr 1

    EMS nr 1

    EMS nr 1

    101966HD

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

    EMS nr 1
  • 2023
    The Angel of Forms

    The Angel of Forms

    The Angel of Forms

    7.52023HD

    The dream of an undinal being.

    The Angel of Forms
  • 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
  • 1957
    Logos

    Logos

    Logos

    51957HD

    Jane Conger Belson Shimane's first film, Logos, premiered in 1957 and was screened at festivals in North America, Europe, and Latin America. The...

    Logos
  • 2023
    I’m Trying to Speak the Language of My Eyes

    I’m Trying to Speak the Language of My Eyes

    I’m Trying to Speak the Language of My Eyes

    02023HD

    The work is a video-poem, an exploration and reflection on the sense of vision as a tool to understand signifiers - but also and more importantly, as...

    I’m Trying to Speak the Language of My Eyes
  • 2019
    7.6 Billion

    7.6 Billion

    7.6 Billion

    02019HD

    A virtual sky awash with a digital aurora.

    7.6 Billion
  • 2019
    Torgo Kills / Torgo Lives

    Torgo Kills / Torgo Lives

    Torgo Kills / Torgo Lives

    02019HD

    Upset with where his life has gone, Torgo seeks to make some changes

    Torgo Kills / Torgo Lives
  • 2020
    Submission

    Submission

    Submission

    02020HD

    A man desperately struggles against a powerful, unseen force.

    Submission
  • 2001
    Bleip: No

    Bleip: No

    Bleip: No

    02001HD

    Short film by Jean-Philippe Desclandes and Genevieve Gauckler

    Bleip: No
  • 2026
    Out Iris

    Out Iris

    Out Iris

    02026HD

    A flickering survey of worlds both urban and botanical. The frame as an unsettled space, a centre that cannot hold, suspended in its own vertigo....

    Out Iris
  • 2004
    Handmade

    Handmade

    Handmade

    02004HD

    In stark contrast to video, "Hand Made" focuses on the grain of the celluloid and the organic nature of emulsion. It was created by contact printing...

    Handmade
  • 1970
    The Primal Urge of Evil

    The Primal Urge of Evil

    The Primal Urge of Evil

    01970HD

    An abstract visual journey into the inner space where the primal urge for evil is born. Real footage transforms through distortion, light fields and...

    The Primal Urge of Evil
  • 2024
    Phosphenes

    Phosphenes

    Phosphenes

    02024HD

    A nematic painting of sleep.

    Phosphenes
  • 2019
    Mille Regretz, live

    Mille Regretz, live

    Mille Regretz, live

    02019HD

    Another example of Detheux’s enchanting work, this year deepened by some outstanding live performance experiences.

    Mille Regretz, live
  • 2020
    Comment faire le con finement

    Comment faire le con finement

    Comment faire le con finement

    02020HD

    An attempt at “total art” performed during the 2020 lockdown.

    Comment faire le con finement