Ken Jacobs Movies

One of Ken Jacobs' Eternalisms.

3D Eternalism film by Ken Jacobs

Spasm (2023, 13:41, digital)

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...

Ken Jacobs describes Bob Fleischner Dying: "Bob allows his sick and fading image to be caught in stereo photography. A man of mystery, so banal in...

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.

Black and white evokes nostalgia for The Great Depression. Things were so cheap, including lives. We see daredevils (desperate people) compete for...

"Hidden in a movie shot is an infinity of monsters. Pause and they show themselves (at their worst in 3D)." - Ken Jacobs

Mountain ranges lighter than air.

Film by Ken Jacobs. Exists as both 2D and 3D Version

'Blinking' 2D rendition of one of Ken Jacobs' Nervous System performances first presented in 1994.

An Eternalism film.

Jacobs documents a New York street vendor, taking a short interaction between the vendor and a customer and protracting it into a strobing,...

abstract short by Ken Jacobs

In this unique document, Jacobs demonstrates one of his live, multi-projection "Nervous System" film performances in real time. (The Nervous System...

An Eternalism film.

3D film by Ken Jacobs

Suggestion: Please see 'Another Occupation' before 'Seeking the Monkey King'. Contains flicker like many of my works; avoid if you have epilepsy or...

An Eternalism film.