Abstract Movies

  • 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
  • 2008
    Doors

    Doors

    Doors

    02008HD

    A short animation about identity.

    Doors
  • 2007
    Sketch Film #5

    Sketch Film #5

    Sketch Film #5

    02007HD

    Sketch Film #5 (Tomonari Nishikawa, 2007, 3 min., super 8, silent, 18/24fps, b&w, USA) This is the last film in the series. I shot at the site of...

    Sketch Film #5
  • 2007
    Sketch Film #4

    Sketch Film #4

    Sketch Film #4

    02007HD

    The fourth film in the series, for which I focused on colors and shapes. It was shot on Kodachrome, all edited in camera, and processed at...

    Sketch Film #4
  • 1970
    All Blurry Around the Open Flame

    All Blurry Around the Open Flame

    All Blurry Around the Open Flame

    01970HD

    A short film about the abstract processes of light becoming a physical form in the landscape.

    All Blurry Around the Open Flame
  • 1997
    Don't You Wish You Were Here?

    Don't You Wish You Were Here?

    Don't You Wish You Were Here?

    01997HD

    The very first film in which Maya Yonesho tried to show her thoughts. Even just circles may be able to show emotions as a person in animation. The...

    Don't You Wish You Were Here?
  • 1973
    Landscape

    Landscape

    Landscape

    01973HD

    Chicago streets.

    Landscape
  • 1984
    Garbage

    Garbage

    Garbage

    01984HD

    This footage is almost entirely black, save for a few shots possibly showing electric poles outside.

    Garbage
  • 1970
    Disabuse

    Disabuse

    Disabuse

    01970HD

    Abstract short.

    Disabuse
  • 2001
    Full Moon

    Full Moon

    Full Moon

    02001HD

    Designed for continuous single or multiple monitor display (as well as video projection), the tape is a collection of computer animated sequences of...

    Full Moon
  • 2001
    Bleip: No

    Bleip: No

    Bleip: No

    02001HD

    Short film by Jean-Philippe Desclandes and Genevieve Gauckler

    Bleip: No
  • 1970
    Knotte Grosse Loops

    Knotte Grosse Loops

    Knotte Grosse Loops

    01970HD

    These are work-in-progress elements of some commercial projects and a film to be titled, Knotte Grosse. Beckett received an AFI Independent...

    Knotte Grosse Loops
  • 2001
    Mind Your Own Business

    Mind Your Own Business

    Mind Your Own Business

    02001HD

    Abstract animation by Young-jae Shin

    Mind Your Own Business
  • 1913
    Colored Rhythm: Study for the Film

    Colored Rhythm: Study for the Film

    Colored Rhythm: Study for the Film

    01913HD

    A film unmade-- That is, Survage's film was never realized in the traditional sense-- At the time, such a project was beyond technological...

    Colored Rhythm: Study for the Film
  • 1978
    3/78 (Objects and Transformations)

    3/78 (Objects and Transformations)

    3/78 (Objects and Transformations)

    01978HD

    Sixteen 'objects', each consisting of one hundred points of light, perform a series of precisely choreographed rhythmic transformations. Accompanied...

    3/78 (Objects and Transformations)
  • 1970
    Casual Workers

    Casual Workers

    Casual Workers

    01970HD

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

    Casual Workers
  • 1963
    Adams Film

    Adams Film

    Adams Film

    01963HD

    Adams Film is a visual collage combining live action footage with abstract images and textures drawn onto 16mm film stock. Footage of a casual Janiak...

    Adams Film
  • 1994
    Save Me

    Save Me

    Save Me

    01994HD

    A mixed media experimental animated film that generates a fragmented view of the world through the partial disclosure of a fantastic event....

    Save Me
  • 1957
    Logos

    Logos

    Logos

    01957HD

    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
  • 1970
    Data Death

    Data Death

    Data Death

    01970HD

    A computer program named A.D.O.M tries to create a living being that will help to release both of them from their void. This film was created...

    Data Death