Abstract Movies

  • 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
  • 1999
    Bloodlust

    Bloodlust

    Bloodlust

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    An attempt to constitute a human / machine dialogue. It shows the filmmaker’s blood as seen / heard with the eyes / ears of the machine which...

    Bloodlust
  • 2024
    Phosphenes II

    Phosphenes II

    Phosphenes II

    02024HD

    The second film in the Phosphenes series.

    Phosphenes II
  • 2025
    Untitled Static

    Untitled Static

    Untitled Static

    02025HD

    A visceral journey through dysphoria in the internet age.

    Untitled Static
  • 2024
    Lost Then Found

    Lost Then Found

    Lost Then Found

    62024HD

    A young girl's odyssey intertwines with a luminescent guide, casting light on her path through life.

    Lost Then Found
  • 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
  • 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?
  • 2023
    Sea of Glass

    Sea of Glass

    Sea of Glass

    02023HD

    The creation of an infinite space. Light modulations over water surfaces, conjugating into multiple alterations. Time and light being reshaped...

    Sea of Glass
  • 2020
    Lines

    Lines

    Lines

    02020HD

    Abstract 2D hand-drawn animation using jazz music

    Lines
  • 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
  • 2021
    A Heap of Broken Images

    A Heap of Broken Images

    A Heap of Broken Images

    52021HD

    Sunday afternoon. Images of last summer. A view of the sunset from a hill. Some flashes.

    A Heap of Broken Images
  • 2017
    Abstract feat. Alkama

    Abstract feat. Alkama

    Abstract feat. Alkama

    02017HD

    Astract stop-motion short film using "lightning doodles" by Tochka.

    Abstract feat. Alkama
  • 2019
    Finding Vision, Finding Voice

    Finding Vision, Finding Voice

    Finding Vision, Finding Voice

    102019HD

    This abstract video art piece was made for the purposes of being a backdrop to a semi-improvisational three person dance piece and live spoken word...

    Finding Vision, Finding Voice
  • 2019
    Guidance

    Guidance

    Guidance

    02019HD

    The function of the wrestler is not to win. It is to go through the motions that are expected of him.

    Guidance
  • 1969
    Quacked Jokes/Early Animations

    Quacked Jokes/Early Animations

    Quacked Jokes/Early Animations

    01969HD

    The animation referred to as Early Animations or Quacked Jokes is an anomaly among Beckett's films. It was probably not intended to be shown outside...

    Quacked Jokes/Early Animations
  • 2004
    1-39-C

    1-39-C

    1-39-C

    2.52004HD

    Polish avant-garde animation with changing colors and shapes that suggest birth followed by heavy distortion and building to a face in the swamp.

    1-39-C
  • 2002
    #23.3 Book of Mirrors

    #23.3 Book of Mirrors

    #23.3 Book of Mirrors

    62002HD

    #23.2 Book of Mirrors deals with the multiplication of light beams through mirrors and kaleidoscopes.

    #23.3 Book of Mirrors
  • 1993
    #2

    #2

    #2

    61993HD

    Joost Rekveld's first film is an hommage to the way daylight changes colour during the course of the day and links this to how film is a medium that...

    #2
  • 1989
    Graffiti

    Graffiti

    Graffiti

    01989HD

    A woman carries a cat in a shopping bag that refuses to be petted. Tired of its behaviour, she violently strikes the bag repeatedly against a wall....

    Graffiti
  • 1973
    Evolution of the Red Star

    Evolution of the Red Star

    Evolution of the Red Star

    71973HD

    Music: Carl Stone. Colored pen-and-ink drawings, like topological maps of biomorphic objects, grow and evolve from the red star. Once the master...

    Evolution of the Red Star