William Raban Movies

A camera recorded one frame every minute (day and night) for two separate three-week periods in autumn and spring. The film is shown on two adjacent...

Directed by William Raban.

“The film image is a row of boarded-up town houses pending demolition. Two cameras film in alternation this derelict facade from two changing...

“This film is the starting point of a continuous investigation into ways of presenting cubist space in terms of the flat surface of the film...

The paradox of the present as a time that cannot be reflected upon until it has already become past, seems consistent with the idea of thinking about...

Following the eruption of the Lakakigar volcano, Iceland in 1783, a sulphurous haze shrouded vaste swathes of the northern hemisphere, causing...

Three screen piece. "I was looking for a pure image, an image which was intrinsic to the medium of film. This film is not an abstract film; the...

William Raban's Sundial (1992), shot in the same location as his film Island Race, combines strongly formal procedures with an equally emphatic...

Made two months in advance of the referendum to decide whether the UK should remain within or leave the European Union, speculates on the outcome of...

Raban layers recordings of successive film performances in which he stands before a projection, states the date and time, and says "A camera is...

"This experiment determines what happens when a negative is superimposed upon its own positive image. The center of the picture forms the optical...

A land and sea-scape film drawn from rich sources of imagery: the constantly changing mood of the sea to the distinctly different shorelines of Kent...

"The film alternates from recording in time-lapse (one frame every ten seconds) to running through the camera at 24 f.p.s. (regular speed). The film...

This movie is an experimental documentary following the flow of the Thames out of London to the sea. It has a narration from John Hurt that takes the...

With the threat of nuclear conflict between North Korea and America comes the realization that the blast effects of a nuclear strike would be...

"For this short film event, the film is removed from the film feed reel, and is unwound, to span the space between the projector and screen. The...

"ISLAND RACE contrasts everyday events with actions of right wing extremists, counter anti-racist demonstrations, the funeral of a gangland leader,...

Footsteps is in the manner of a game re-enacted, the game in making was between the camera and actor,the actor and cameraman, and one hundred feet of...

A witty take on the contingencies of the conditions in which to best read Marx. Filmed over 6 days, the time-lapse technique compresses a classic...

Whilst working on previous time-lapse films, I found that colour film tended to record the actual colour of the light source rather than local colour...