Abstract Movies

  • 1980
    Infinity

    Infinity

    Infinity

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    Short experimental film by Jordan Belson

    Infinity
  • 1961
    Drums West

    Drums West

    Drums West

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    This newly rediscovered short was created in Jim's home studio in Bethesda, MD around 1961. It is one of several experimental shorts inspired by the...

    Drums West
  • 1957
    Logos

    Logos

    Logos

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    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
  • 1923
    Rhythm 23

    Rhythm 23

    Rhythm 23

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    We watch white shapes dancing on black background, which changes when the white shape fills up the screen completely, and black lines and figures...

    Rhythm 23
  • 1952
    Color Cry

    Color Cry

    Color Cry

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    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...

    Color Cry
  • 2008
    Doors

    Doors

    Doors

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    A short animation about identity.

    Doors
  • 2024
    Red Autumn

    Red Autumn

    Red Autumn

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    A Experimental Docu-Drama about the Red Army Faction's formation, and events leading up to their imprisonment and death, from 1970 to 1977.

    Red Autumn
  • 2023
    Mensbeeld

    Mensbeeld

    Mensbeeld

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    mens·beeld (het; o; meervoud: mensbeelden) A "Mensbeeld" is a well-thought-out and coherent representation of what it means to be human....

    Mensbeeld
  • 2024
    -Oh

    -Oh

    -Oh

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    A hand moves gently, its presence shifts continuously.

    -Oh
  • 2024
    A Day In LC

    A Day In LC

    A Day In LC

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    A person living in Liberty City goes to work, have some food & gets back home.

    A Day In LC
  • 2024
    I Am Here Now

    I Am Here Now

    I Am Here Now

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    An abstract horror artefact conceptualising trans doubt and dysphoria as a physically invasive force - a virus....

    I Am Here Now
  • 2016
    Claire

    Claire

    Claire

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    Claire is composed of digital scans and blow-ups of a series of three ink-on-paper artworks created in 2012 by French-Spanish researcher, publisher...

    Claire
  • 1988
    Dragonfly

    Dragonfly

    Dragonfly

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    An abstract animation with a motif of a dragonfly, and a complex multi-exposure landscape of a field and a woman's naked body overlap.

    Dragonfly
  • 2025
    First Light

    First Light

    First Light

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

    First Light
  • 1963
    21-87

    21-87

    21-87

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    This short film from Arthur Lipsett is an abstract collage of snippets from discarded footage found by Lipsett in the editing room of the National...

    21-87
  • 2022
    Nour

    Nour

    Nour

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    Nour
  • 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

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    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
  • 2020
    Casual Workers

    Casual Workers

    Casual Workers

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

    Casual Workers
  • 1953
    Things to Come

    Things to Come

    Things to Come

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

    Things to Come
  • 1955
    Calypso

    Calypso

    Calypso

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    Hand painted directly onto film stock by Margaret Tait, this film features animated dancing figures, accompanied by authentic calypso music.

    Calypso