Abstract Movies

  • 1974
    At the Academy

    At the Academy

    At the Academy

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    A found-footage film made entirely from Academy leader, which is normally used to cue the start of films. The film was hand-printed on a home-made...

    At the Academy
  • 2013
    humming, fast and slow

    humming, fast and slow

    humming, fast and slow

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    The screen is divided again and again until the picture arranged in ever changing strips bursts into whirring dynamic.

    humming, fast and slow
  • 1956
    No. 11: Mirror Animations

    No. 11: Mirror Animations

    No. 11: Mirror Animations

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    Cut up animation and collage technique by Harry Smith synchronized to the jazz of Thelonious Monk's Mysterioso.

    No. 11: Mirror Animations
  • 1937
    Escape (Synchronomy No. 4)

    Escape (Synchronomy No. 4)

    Escape (Synchronomy No. 4)

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    To the toccata portion of Bach's "Toccata and fugue in D minor," we watch a play of sorts. Blue smoke forms a background; a grid of black lines is...

    Escape (Synchronomy No. 4)
  • 2025
    Lil' Guys

    Lil' Guys

    Lil' Guys

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    Director River Roest sees Lil' Guys as an exploration of his love for animation, the exhaustion it can cause, and ultimately, the joy it brings. In...

    Lil' Guys
  • 2024
    Silent Breaths Beneath Electric Glow

    Silent Breaths Beneath Electric Glow

    Silent Breaths Beneath Electric Glow

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    Silent Breaths Beneath Electric Glow is an evocative exploration of beauty and solitude, set entirely within a neon-lit aquarium. Through mesmerizing...

    Silent Breaths Beneath Electric Glow
  • 2023
    Ancestral Bone

    Ancestral Bone

    Ancestral Bone

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    Dwellings and footpaths carved in rock echo a history of living in sync with the natural world. A distance away, a geological anomaly reverberates in...

    Ancestral Bone
  • 2024
    for us, an essay

    for us, an essay

    for us, an essay

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    How heavy is an emotional relationship in TRANSit? Giving love? Losing love? Having, in my chest, not only a heart but also longing? That's why I...

    for us, an essay
  • 1999
    Jazzimation

    Jazzimation

    Jazzimation

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    A jazzy film in which the spectator is forced to look with the ears and listen with the eyes. An abstract film drawn directly on the computer.

    Jazzimation
  • 1975
    Zoopsie

    Zoopsie

    Zoopsie

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    Bizarre abstract stop-motion animation questioning traditional values in a period of great social upheaval.

    Zoopsie
  • 2022
    Partially Obscured

    Partially Obscured

    Partially Obscured

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    A film about creation itself, a rite of the sun and the surfaces illuminated by it. Light capturing and light summoning "in a primitive attempt to...

    Partially Obscured
  • 2020
    Comment faire le con finement

    Comment faire le con finement

    Comment faire le con finement

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    An attempt at “total art” performed during the 2020 lockdown.

    Comment faire le con finement
  • 2009
    Blend

    Blend

    Blend

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    This short experiments with the flow of oil ink over the surface of the water. Mizue manipulated the ink by blowing with straws or stirring with...

    Blend
  • 2012
    Scope

    Scope

    Scope

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    This is no animation, it's one picture. Short experimental film by Mirai Mizue

    Scope
  • 2012
    Thinking Dot

    Thinking Dot

    Thinking Dot

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    This work is a consideration of the vision expressed by "dot".

    Thinking Dot
  • 1978
    3/78 (Objects and Transformations)

    3/78 (Objects and Transformations)

    3/78 (Objects and Transformations)

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    Sixteen 'objects', each consisting of one hundred points of light, perform a series of precisely choreographed rhythmic transformations. Accompanied...

    3/78 (Objects and Transformations)
  • 1970
    in·gem·i·nate

    in·gem·i·nate

    in·gem·i·nate

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    A short, abstract look at the effects of repetition on the human mind.

    in·gem·i·nate
  • 2000
    Hell Frozen Over

    Hell Frozen Over

    Hell Frozen Over

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    Bernadette Corporation describes this work as "A fashion film about the poetry of Stéphane Mallarmé and the color white." Produced for...

    Hell Frozen Over
  • 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
  • 1970
    Data Death

    Data Death

    Data Death

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    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