Avant Garde Movies

Hieronymus Rivera (Jonathan Rosado), a strong force in the New York fashion underground, is offered the deal of a lifetime by Cecilia Meadows...

a sentimental audiovisual collage from december 2023

A journey to an unknown star, a children's theatre play, an untalented writer and the fear of becoming the worst version of oneself. A mixture of...

In 1963 and 1964, Andy Warhol captured dancer-choreographers Lucinda Childs, Yvonne Rainer, and Freddy Herko, and Village Voice dance critic Jill...

(1970) color; 3 min.

Traditional Northwestern Indigenous spiritual images combined with cutting-edge computer animation in this surreal short film about the power of...

(Always) Next to Me is a 16mm film that pairs abstract sequences of plants developed directly on the film emulsion with intertitles briefly...

A psychedelic, avant-garde collage film designed to accompany PRPL PPL's experimental album of the same name.

Experimental short film exploring New York City's multicultural history through the eyes of three chosen individuals.

"This film was presented as part of my 1969 thesis on Max Ernst. It was a personal tribute where I filmed his collages, then intercut live footage I...

Six Positions (1998) is about task of a funeral home director.

A disgruntled bank teller’s system before the mornings commute.

Active elements at play, in toil, and in retreat, seeking peace.

An eight-minute work filmed on 35mm film, Collage d’Hollywood explores the materiality of the film medium in a literal way. Collage is...

“The ‘exhibition’ held by ‘artist’ Katsuhiro Fujimura in Tokyo during the very hot summer of 2013 was one that made...

Edited but not printed. Filmed in Zurich. Original reversal film deposted in Temenos Archive, Zurich.

Poet and artist Vito Acconci points his finger towards the camera and his own reflection in an offscreen video monitor.

Kurt Kren recorded the last television debate in the Reagan/Mondale election campaign. In the viewfinder, the television filled the entire picture,...

Face going out of focus by layering sheets of plastic between camera and subject.

A portrait of the life and work of the great Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, exploring both his music and his passionate interest in...