06 Oct 1989
Dantes Traum von der Hölle
An attempt to bring texts from Dante's "Divine Comedy" to life. Nine episodes from the Inferno with a concluding episode from the Purgatorio.
06 Oct 1989
An attempt to bring texts from Dante's "Divine Comedy" to life. Nine episodes from the Inferno with a concluding episode from the Purgatorio.
02 May 1986
Abstract video art by John Sanborn and Dean Winkler. Dedicated to Ed Emshwiller.
01 Jan 1934
A comfortable rhythm composed of light and shadow. Director Ogino-style absolute movie which freely manipulates geometric figures.
01 Jan 1980
Polish avant-garde animation in which a periodic series of aggressive starbursts interrupt the melodic dancing of fluid shapes, one raid even freezing the image for a moment.
07 Jul 2023
A surreal meditation on chronic illness and anxiety, Prion follows a character's struggle with self-acceptance as their fears manifest in the form of a sickly, white deer.
01 Aug 2022
Exploring the conscious, the unconscious and the self, By Winds and Tides takes a deep experimental dive into the birth of an idea—how it takes shape, how it is released. An allegorical quest, the film combines images and words into a singular sigh.
11 Nov 2016
Odd is terrified of his head, until one day he falls in love with Gunn who is both fearless and happy in life. Odd's life is turned upside down and he is freed from his worries in the most unexpected way.
01 Jan 2015
An experimental film created from 3 years worth of abstract pencil drawings with the goal of being a catalyst for unveiling a new mental landscape in viewers.
27 Sep 2023
Flashing lights explode across an apartment as images of a naked woman in bed flicker in and out. Light paintings and projections illuminate a space of confrontation and an assault on the senses.
01 Sep 1931
An experimental short from Oskar Fischinger
30 Jan 2019
The sun’s energy circulates throughout the earth, feeding the cycle of life. Everything is connected in a natural loop, which repeats, like the circular discs of magical optical toys. This perfectly balanced rhythm is disrupted by human excess, throwing the cycle out of orbit and temporarily stopping the circulation of energy in nature.
19 Aug 2022
A visual reinterpretation of dance and animated found footage.
12 Oct 2023
An experimental sampled film which shows the pleasurable art of movies about movies through scenes inside of theaters.
20 Jun 1983
Abstract video art set to the music of Philip Glass.
02 Nov 1978
For the multimedia exhibition Tangenten I (Tangents I), Dammbeck and co-organizer, sculptor and painter Frieder Heinze had planned to collaborate on a film that would combine non-camera animation with 35mm footage of a train ride between the two Dresden districts of Radebeul and Pieschen. When the exhibition was banned in 1978, Heinze turned to other projects, but Dammbeck continued working on the film by himself. Metamorphoses I—the first experimental film ever to be shown publicly in East Germany—marks the filmic beginning of Dammbeck’s long-term art project the Herakles-Konzept (Hercules Concept).
26 Oct 2024
A person living in Liberty City goes to work, have some food & gets back home.
01 Jan 1975
An abstract animation. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with the iotaCenter, in 2007.
31 Oct 2023
On Halloween night, an opossum experiences an anxious meltdown.
11 Jun 2024
Teenager Riley's mind headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren’t sure how to feel when Anxiety shows up. And it looks like she’s not alone.
19 Nov 2022
Fragments of a collective post-human dream construct a world that straddles hyper-technological, ecological, and mythological dimensions.