Ed Emshwiller Movies

  • 1979
    Eclipse

    Eclipse

    Eclipse

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    Really gorgeous visuals from Emshwiller made for Roger Reynolds's Voicescapes performance, containing elements from his previous Sunstone.

    Eclipse
  • 1966
    Relativity

    Relativity

    Relativity

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    Emshwiller made this film on a Ford Foundation grant, and in his original proposal to the Ford Foundation, he outlined the film as "something that...

    Relativity
  • 1974
    Crossings and Meetings

    Crossings and Meetings

    Crossings and Meetings

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    A lone man walking across the video screen is the starting point for this dynamic formal exercise. This image and its accompanying sound are...

    Crossings and Meetings
  • 1965
    George Dumpson's Place

    George Dumpson's Place

    George Dumpson's Place

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    Employing experimental techniques, Emshwiller magically moved through a collection of objects and artifacts in order to capture the spirit of George...

    George Dumpson's Place
  • 1966
    In Three Zones

    In Three Zones

    In Three Zones

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    A film based on play by Wilford Leach

    In Three Zones
  • 1971
    Film with Three Dancers

    Film with Three Dancers

    Film with Three Dancers

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    In this spin-off from his original plan for Relativity (1966), Emshwiller continued with his desire to penetrate “space in a kind of flying...

    Film with Three Dancers
  • 1974
    Suite 212

    Suite 212

    Suite 212

    01974HD

    Suite 212 is Paik's "personal New York sketchbook," an electronic collage that presents multiple perspectives of New York's media landscape as a...

    Suite 212
  • 1972
    Scape-Mates

    Scape-Mates

    Scape-Mates

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    In one of his first experiments in video, Emshwiller creates an electronic landscape of both abstract and figurative elements, where colorized...

    Scape-Mates
  • 1977
    Sur Faces

    Sur Faces

    Sur Faces

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    Emshwiller writes that Sur Faces is a "stylized collaborative videotape in which actors working with (the artist) explore sexual politics as...

    Sur Faces
  • 1963
    Freedom March

    Freedom March

    Freedom March

    01963HD

    A short documentary by Ed Emshwiller of the March on Washington.

    Freedom March
  • 1964
    Scrambles

    Scrambles

    Scrambles

    01964HD

    This biker documentary was selected for screening at the 1964 Flaherty Film Seminar. Emshwiller described it as "a roaring picture of motorcyclists...

    Scrambles
  • 1984
    Skin Matrix

    Skin Matrix

    Skin Matrix

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    Emshwiller writes that the visually complex and densely textured Skin Matrix is a "video tapestry... a layering of different manifestations of...

    Skin Matrix
  • 1976
    Family Focus

    Family Focus

    Family Focus

    01976HD

    Emshwiller terms Family Focus a "family self-portrait, a stylized autobiography," which takes the form of an intimate collage of home movies,...

    Family Focus
  • 1956
    The Thing from Back Issues

    The Thing from Back Issues

    The Thing from Back Issues

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    A film by Ed Emshwiller made with writers from the Original Milford Science Fiction Writers Conference. Silent film. Mid 1950s.

    The Thing from Back Issues
  • 1970
    Report

    Report

    Report

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    Shot during the 1968/69 school year at University of California Berkeley, Report was created as part of Norman Jacobson’s experimental...

    Report
  • 1984
    Skin Matrix S

    Skin Matrix S

    Skin Matrix S

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    Skin Matrix S is a short version of the piece Skin Matrix.

    Skin Matrix S
  • 1969
    Image, Flesh and Voice

    Image, Flesh and Voice

    Image, Flesh and Voice

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    This independent underground feature films two dancers (Carolyn Carlson and Emery Hermans) in silhouettes and shadows. Other couples discuss their...

    Image, Flesh and Voice
  • 1958
    Paintings by Ed Emshwiller

    Paintings by Ed Emshwiller

    Paintings by Ed Emshwiller

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    The first film by Ed Emswhiller

    Paintings by Ed Emshwiller
  • 1959
    Transformation

    Transformation

    Transformation

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    The pointillist score accompanies changing line, form, and color to create an animated film painting, achieved through the exploration of spontaneous...

    Transformation
  • 1972
    Woe Oh Ho No

    Woe Oh Ho No

    Woe Oh Ho No

    01972HD

    A video film by Ed Emshwiller

    Woe Oh Ho No