Abstract Movies

  • 2013
    Coping Strategies

    Coping Strategies

    Coping Strategies

    02013HD

    Coping Strategies is a stop-motion animation created from the screen prints of Ellie Honel

    Coping Strategies
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2007
    Lost Utopia

    Lost Utopia

    Lost Utopia

    52007HD

    The story of Adam and Eve with jazzy music. Short experimental animation without words.

    Lost Utopia
  • 2024
    Last Days of Summer

    Last Days of Summer

    Last Days of Summer

    02024HD

    Quiet reflections at the end of the season.

    Last Days of Summer
  • 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
  • 2025
    The Art of Cinema 1

    The Art of Cinema 1

    The Art of Cinema 1

    02025HD

    A found footage collage film sourced from several different places and composed primarily of audio from the films of Jean-Luc Godard.

    The Art of Cinema 1
  • 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
  • 2019
    7.6 Billion

    7.6 Billion

    7.6 Billion

    02019HD

    A virtual sky awash with a digital aurora.

    7.6 Billion
  • 1989
    Bottling

    Bottling

    Bottling

    01989HD

    A man comes home at night and is attacked by a bottle.

    Bottling
  • 1989
    The Last Fly

    The Last Fly

    The Last Fly

    01989HD

    A man pays local children to bring him flies. After having cut off their wings and legs, he sticks them on the walls of his apartment. When a...

    The Last Fly
  • 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
  • 1974
    At the Academy

    At the Academy

    At the Academy

    51974HD

    A found-footage film made entirely from Academy leader, which is normally used to cue the start of films. The film was hand-printed on a home-made...

    At the Academy
  • 1966
    EMS nr 1

    EMS nr 1

    EMS nr 1

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

    EMS nr 1
  • 2024
    Phosphenes

    Phosphenes

    Phosphenes

    02024HD

    A nematic painting of sleep.

    Phosphenes
  • 2019
    13 Years Later

    13 Years Later

    13 Years Later

    02019HD

    A perfect blending of the art of maths and the maths of art.

    13 Years Later
  • 2020
    The Stroke

    The Stroke

    The Stroke

    02020HD

    The Stroke is a hand-drawn animation film that reverses the roles of audio and visuals for a music video. Improvised on its very first viewing, the...

    The Stroke
  • 2019
    Deep Blue And Dirty

    Deep Blue And Dirty

    Deep Blue And Dirty

    02019HD

    A tactile, layered animation in paint improvised in response to Andrew Schultz’s work for bassoon and piano.

    Deep Blue And Dirty
  • 2020
    Submission

    Submission

    Submission

    02020HD

    A man desperately struggles against a powerful, unseen force.

    Submission