Ken Jacobs Movies

Still shots of a revolving door at New York City's Church Street Station Post Office are edited together to create a sense of movement, redoubled by...

An Eternalism film.

1906 - Original cinematographer unknown. 1996 - New arrangement by Ken Jacobs. Shots shown as found in "A Trip Down Mount Tamalpais", the Paper Print...

This short film documents the daily life of the goings-on on Orchard Street, a commercial street in the Lower East Side New York City.

Not a documentary in the strictest sense of the word. Rather, it is a journey through the world of the artist Jonas Mekas - one of the exponents of...

An Eternalism film.

"Flat image (of snowbound suburban housing tract) blossoms into 3D only when viewer places Eye Opener before the right eye. (Keeping both eyes open,...

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

Keaton's One Week (1920) digitally embossed

Silent film by Ken Jacobs featuring his son asleep at the table then being put to bed.

First created and presented as a Tzadik New Jewish Culture offering in 1993. First performed live as a Nervous System performance with Catherine...

An Eternalism 3-D film by Ken Jacobs

Sequel to Sensoriums at Sea: Dr. Toothy's New Entranceway

Jacobs applies his exacting digital techniques to footage of his New York City working and living space.

An Eternalism film.

Jack Smith descends a fire escape in a makeshift "Arabian" costume and improvises increasingly frenetic choreography.

Premiere at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City on August 5, 2021.

Short film by Ken Jacobs later included in his compilation The Whirled.

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

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