Ken Jacobs Movies

An Eternalism film.

An Eternalism film.

This work is a demonstration of one of Jacobs' Nervous Magic Lantern performances, which are created with a hand-manipulated projector and use...

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.

An Eternalism film.

2023, 25:34, digital

A film by Ken Jacobs in his Amorous Interludes series

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

Originally presented as an installation in the exhibition Evolution 2007 at Lumen in Leeds, GIFT OF FIRE devotes fetishistic attention to what is...

A musical with Nazis and Jews.

Spasm (2023, 13:41, digital)

An Eternalism film.

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

One of Ken Jacobs' Eternalisms.

Description by Ken Jacobs: Shelley Duvall is Olive Oyl is the fourth in a series of shorts (Popeye Sees 3D; Pappy Sees 3D, Too; Sweepea’s...

Filmed by Stella Weiss and family, chance-assembled from uncut 100-foot film-rolls. Sound precedes and follows silent image (40 minutes of image plus...

Ken Jacobs applying a strobing effect to NYC trees.

An Eternalism film.

3D film by Ken Jacobs