Abstract Filmes

  • 2007
    Sketch Film #4

    Sketch Film #4

    Sketch Film #4

    02007HD

    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
  • 2016
    Trans/Figure/Ground

    Trans/Figure/Ground

    Trans/Figure/Ground

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    A film about uncanny valleys and the space between. Painted 16mm film undergoes a monstrous transformation becoming neither analog nor digital.

    Trans/Figure/Ground
  • 1993
    #2

    #2

    #2

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    Joost Rekveld's first film is an hommage to the way daylight changes colour during the course of the day and links this to how film is a medium that...

    #2
  • 1989
    The Blind

    The Blind

    The Blind

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    A blind man stumbles about in a desert before his seeing stick is caught in a bear trap. Crawling, he manages to find a waiting line composed of the...

    The Blind
  • 1989
    Emergencies

    Emergencies

    Emergencies

    01989HD

    An ambulance heads towards the "crossroads of the crow's feet" in response to an accident. Unable to find the place, the driver stops at an...

    Emergencies
  • 1972
    Air!

    Air!

    Air!

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    Although only a couple of minutes long, this animated short makes the point that oxygen is the stuff of life whether on land, in the air or water,...

    Air!
  • 1985
    Calculated Movements

    Calculated Movements

    Calculated Movements

    01985HD

    Cuba programmed solid areas and volumes instead of the vector dots of the previous two films. It also in four "colors": black, white, light grey and...

    Calculated Movements
  • 1978
    By The Crimson Bands of Cyttorak

    By The Crimson Bands of Cyttorak

    By The Crimson Bands of Cyttorak

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    Short experimental animation.

    By The Crimson Bands of Cyttorak
  • 1965
    Early Abstractions

    Early Abstractions

    Early Abstractions

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    Early Abstractions is a collection of seven short animated films created by Harry Everett Smith between 1939 and 1956. Each film is between two and...

    Early Abstractions
  • 1961
    Blazes

    Blazes

    Blazes

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    100 basic images switching positions for 4000 frames.

    Blazes
  • 2012
    The Extravagant Shadows

    The Extravagant Shadows

    The Extravagant Shadows

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    Suggestion is the rock, and the physical evidence is the evanescent spray that breaks against the unseen. Transitive enharmonics of things touching...

    The Extravagant Shadows
  • 2024
    What's Beyond a Broken Mirror?

    What's Beyond a Broken Mirror?

    What's Beyond a Broken Mirror?

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    An abstract adventure exploring the anxiety of a young mans journey leaving home.

    What's Beyond a Broken Mirror?
  • 2023
    Introduction to Crack Sealing 3

    Introduction to Crack Sealing 3

    Introduction to Crack Sealing 3

    02023HD

    Drawn again from footage shot in the Torrance Public Library parking lot, Introduction to Crack Sealing 3 remixes material from the first two films...

    Introduction to Crack Sealing 3
  • 2007
    Kappo

    Kappo

    Kappo

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    Kappo
  • 2025
    Traveler

    Traveler

    Traveler

    02025HD

    A raccoon on a voxel boat talks about his job.

    Traveler
  • 2024
    Newborn

    Newborn

    Newborn

    02024HD

    Born blind, an individual gains sight through surgery. Thus begins a visual encounter — the first of their life.

    Newborn
  • 2025
    Staccato

    Staccato

    Staccato

    02025HD

    Abiogenesis within machinery. New life begins and strives - before being cut short.

    Staccato
  • 2025
    Serlasanha

    Serlasanha

    Serlasanha

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    Serlasanha
  • 2025
    Shapeless Variations

    Shapeless Variations

    Shapeless Variations

    02025HD

    A condensation of a handful of sunsets with various visual moods. Red and blue as opposites that still find a way to cohere. Concrete silhouettes...

    Shapeless Variations
  • 2024
    -Oh

    -Oh

    -Oh

    02024HD

    A hand moves gently, its presence shifts continuously.

    -Oh