Abstract Movies

  • 2019
    Chanting

    Chanting

    Chanting

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    Channelling Lye and McLaren, de Bruyn continues his explorations of ‘direct-to-film’ inspired artwork barely contained within the frame.

    Chanting
  • 2023
    Leda + Swans

    Leda + Swans

    Leda + Swans

    02023HD

    “Leda + Swans” depicts an infernal, mythic birth of cinema, dredging the violence and horror from Wallace McCutcheon’s comic short...

    Leda + Swans
  • 1973
    Landscape

    Landscape

    Landscape

    01973HD

    Chicago streets.

    Landscape
  • 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
  • 1958
    Raga

    Raga

    Raga

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    A hand animated film that is a precursor for Belson’s later work

    Raga
  • 2017
    The World Ends With You

    The World Ends With You

    The World Ends With You

    02017HD

    A depressed man contemplates the imminent end of the world.

    The World Ends With You
  • 2007
    Sketch Film #4

    Sketch Film #4

    Sketch Film #4

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    The fourth film in the series, for which I focused on colors and shapes. It was shot on Kodachrome, all edited in camera, and processed at...

    Sketch Film #4
  • 1979
    Two Space

    Two Space

    Two Space

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    Two Space systematically explores symmetries used by Islamic artists to create abstract temple decorations. The two dimensional patterns, like the...

    Two Space
  • 1970
    Disabuse

    Disabuse

    Disabuse

    01970HD

    Abstract short.

    Disabuse
  • 2020
    Vulcania

    Vulcania

    Vulcania

    02020HD

    Portrait of a catastrophe, these are times of fire.

    Vulcania
  • 2018
    Aérobie

    Aérobie

    Aérobie

    02018HD

    With a rushing smear, a cyclist begins his race.

    Aérobie
  • 1986
    Light

    Light

    Light

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    First personal experience with a Super-8 camera manually exposing film out of any light source.

    Light
  • 2025
    Keyhole Conversation

    Keyhole Conversation

    Keyhole Conversation

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    Peter Larsson’s Keyhole Conversation draws the eye down to the small gate of the camera. From there, through quivering and percussive forms of...

    Keyhole Conversation
  • 2023
    I’m Trying to Speak the Language of My Eyes

    I’m Trying to Speak the Language of My Eyes

    I’m Trying to Speak the Language of My Eyes

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    The work is a video-poem, an exploration and reflection on the sense of vision as a tool to understand signifiers - but also and more importantly, as...

    I’m Trying to Speak the Language of My Eyes
  • 2018
    Tetarape

    Tetarape

    Tetarape

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    Abstract animation by Boris Labbé

    Tetarape
  • 2020
    François Couperin. The Alarm Clock

    François Couperin. The Alarm Clock

    François Couperin. The Alarm Clock

    02020HD

    From the film-almanac on musical works of classics for children "Children's Album". A little film about genesis.

    François Couperin. The Alarm Clock
  • 1994
    Save Me

    Save Me

    Save Me

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

    Save Me
  • 2019
    Finding Vision, Finding Voice

    Finding Vision, Finding Voice

    Finding Vision, Finding Voice

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    This abstract video art piece was made for the purposes of being a backdrop to a semi-improvisational three person dance piece and live spoken word...

    Finding Vision, Finding Voice
  • 2021
    everyday star

    everyday star

    everyday star

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    Everyday states of being and decay are observed through the infinite scope of the cosmos and the restorative light which emanates from it, driving...

    everyday star
  • 2019
    Guidance

    Guidance

    Guidance

    02019HD

    The function of the wrestler is not to win. It is to go through the motions that are expected of him.

    Guidance