Ken Jacobs Movies

An Eternalism 3-D film by Ken Jacobs

An Eternalism film.

This work is derived from one of Jacobs' Nervous Magic Lantern performances, which are created with a hand-manipulated projector and use neither film...

An Eternalism film.

An Eternalism film.

World Premiere -- Museum of Moving Image 1/14/2017

Shot in 1959, Scotch Tape is Jack Smith's first film -- a joyous, three-minute romp, in color, using Peter Duchin's rhumba "Carinhoso" for its...

Mountain ranges lighter than air.

A study in lunging waves, in 3D.

An homage to Op-Art, Brain Operations was inspired by an optical illusion produced by checkered tiles on the artist's bathroom floor. "When editing...

An Eternalism film.

The Roses is a meditation on art, aging, and the nature of listening, as well a conversation between generations and between artists. The anaglyph...

Music composition by Harrison Birtwistle, 1971 tape realized by Peter Zinovieff. Nervous Magic Lantern performance by Ken jacobs, 1990.

An Eternalism film.

Ken Jacobs' black and white abstract short from 2019, in five parts.

An Eternalism film.

An Eternalism film.

An Eternalism film.

An Eternalism 3-D film by Ken Jacobs

A still image of a palm-lined wooden walkway is edited together with mirror-images, close-ups, upside-down renderings, and smaller, framed versions...