Abstract Movies

  • 1997
    Don't You Wish You Were Here?

    Don't You Wish You Were Here?

    Don't You Wish You Were Here?

    01997HD

    The very first film in which Maya Yonesho tried to show her thoughts. Even just circles may be able to show emotions as a person in animation. The...

    Don't You Wish You Were Here?
  • 1984
    Garbage

    Garbage

    Garbage

    01984HD

    This footage is almost entirely black, save for a few shots possibly showing electric poles outside.

    Garbage
  • 1970
    Disabuse

    Disabuse

    Disabuse

    01970HD

    Abstract short.

    Disabuse
  • 2001
    Flow

    Flow

    Flow

    02001HD

    Flash projection from dutch visual artist Han Hoggerbrugge

    Flow
  • 2020
    Lines

    Lines

    Lines

    02020HD

    Abstract 2D hand-drawn animation using jazz music

    Lines
  • 2018
    Kaparamip

    Kaparamip

    Kaparamip

    02018HD

    Abstract animation by Boris Labbé

    Kaparamip
  • 2018
    Ciciri

    Ciciri

    Ciciri

    02018HD

    Abstract animation by Boris Labbé

    Ciciri
  • 2021
    Time in a Grain of Sand

    Time in a Grain of Sand

    Time in a Grain of Sand

    02021HD

    An expression of time and memories.

    Time in a Grain of Sand
  • 1972
    Keep on Turning

    Keep on Turning

    Keep on Turning

    01972HD

    In Wiertz and Verbeek's kinetic, kaleidoscopic opus Keep on Turning (1974, 3 min, 16mm, sound) cubes convey, rotate and shift in tandem.

    Keep on Turning
  • 2019
    Remote Life Drawings

    Remote Life Drawings

    Remote Life Drawings

    92019HD

    Remote Life Drawings is an animated collage of abstract images that illustrate the neighbourhood of Taipei Artist Village in Taiwan. TAV is located...

    Remote Life Drawings
  • 2020
    Vulcania

    Vulcania

    Vulcania

    02020HD

    Portrait of a catastrophe, these are times of fire.

    Vulcania
  • 1994
    Save Me

    Save Me

    Save Me

    01994HD

    A mixed media experimental animated film that generates a fragmented view of the world through the partial disclosure of a fantastic event....

    Save Me
  • 1953
    Things to Come

    Things to Come

    Things to Come

    01953HD

    A vibrant animation by Patricia Marx. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.

    Things to Come
  • 1970
    Data Death

    Data Death

    Data Death

    01970HD

    A computer program named A.D.O.M tries to create a living being that will help to release both of them from their void. This film was created...

    Data Death
  • 2018
    _ImEdge

    _ImEdge

    _ImEdge

    02018HD

    A stunning piece of imagined night cartography rendered in an intricately crafted digital filigree.

    _ImEdge
  • 2019
    Mille Regretz, live

    Mille Regretz, live

    Mille Regretz, live

    02019HD

    Another example of Detheux’s enchanting work, this year deepened by some outstanding live performance experiences.

    Mille Regretz, live
  • 2019
    Let X Equal X

    Let X Equal X

    Let X Equal X

    02019HD

    A sequence of hand-drawn experiments. Constants: visualist, technology, run time. Independent variables: musician, drawing materials, theme. ...

    Let X Equal X
  • 1969
    Quacked Jokes/Early Animations

    Quacked Jokes/Early Animations

    Quacked Jokes/Early Animations

    01969HD

    The animation referred to as Early Animations or Quacked Jokes is an anomaly among Beckett's films. It was probably not intended to be shown outside...

    Quacked Jokes/Early Animations
  • 1953
    Eneri

    Eneri

    Eneri

    01953HD

    Short experimental film by Hy Hirsh. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with iotaCenter and National Film Preservation Foundation...

    Eneri
  • 2011
    8 switches (Part 6)

    8 switches (Part 6)

    8 switches (Part 6)

    02011HD

    With 8 Switches, Tim Wright presents six black-and-white microcinematic vignettes of retina-searing, hard-edged, epilepsy-inducing sound and vision;...

    8 switches (Part 6)