Abstract Movies

  • 2022
    Woman Is My Last Name

    Woman Is My Last Name

    Woman Is My Last Name

    02022HD

    This visual poetry is a celebration of the full spectrum of womanhood, from the complex vulnerability to the hidden power.

    Woman Is My Last Name
  • 1989
    The Blind

    The Blind

    The Blind

    01989HD

    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
  • 2023
    The Angel of Forms

    The Angel of Forms

    The Angel of Forms

    7.52023HD

    The dream of an undinal being.

    The Angel of Forms
  • 2026
    NO_NAME.WAV

    NO_NAME.WAV

    NO_NAME.WAV

    02026HD

    An series of monologues surrounding the human desire to understand and label, positioned within the contexts and abstracted aesthetics of our modern...

    NO_NAME.WAV
  • 2004
    1-39-C

    1-39-C

    1-39-C

    2.52004HD

    Polish avant-garde animation with changing colors and shapes that suggest birth followed by heavy distortion and building to a face in the swamp.

    1-39-C
  • 1959
    Odds & Ends

    Odds & Ends

    Odds & Ends

    7.31959HD

    Odds & Ends is a sly comment on the collage film and Beat culture. To discarded travel and advertising footage found at a local film laboratory,...

    Odds & Ends
  • 2018
    Bird Milk

    Bird Milk

    Bird Milk

    02018HD

    An anxiety inducing exploration of juicy colors and crunchy textures driven by chaotic electronic music.

    Bird Milk
  • 2018
    Into Promenade

    Into Promenade

    Into Promenade

    92018HD

    abstract short

    Into Promenade
  • 2024
    Phosphenes

    Phosphenes

    Phosphenes

    02024HD

    A nematic painting of sleep.

    Phosphenes
  • 2004
    Handmade

    Handmade

    Handmade

    02004HD

    In stark contrast to video, "Hand Made" focuses on the grain of the celluloid and the organic nature of emulsion. It was created by contact printing...

    Handmade
  • 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
  • 1938
    Ideas in Search of Light

    Ideas in Search of Light

    Ideas in Search of Light

    81938HD

    Black-and-white abstract animated short of light, shadows, and reflections by The Dodals (Karel Dodal (1900-1986) in collaboration with his wife,...

    Ideas in Search of Light
  • 2011
    99 Clerkenwell Road

    99 Clerkenwell Road

    99 Clerkenwell Road

    02011HD

    Filmed in an empty shop, the remaining features of the space are used to create a kaleidoscopic light film. Ceiling lamps become coloured spheres and...

    99 Clerkenwell Road
  • 2014
    The Screen Tests of Cosmotropia de Xam

    The Screen Tests of Cosmotropia de Xam

    The Screen Tests of Cosmotropia de Xam

    02014HD

    THE SCREEN TESTS OF COSMOTROPIA DE XAM A collection of 12 screen tests from all over the world, based on a direction sheet of Cosmotropia de Xam. ...

    The Screen Tests of Cosmotropia de Xam
  • 1977
    D'art moderne

    D'art moderne

    D'art moderne

    91977HD

    D'art moderne
  • 2019
    Deep Blue And Dirty

    Deep Blue And Dirty

    Deep Blue And Dirty

    02019HD

    A tactile, layered animation in paint improvised in response to Andrew Schultz’s work for bassoon and piano.

    Deep Blue And Dirty
  • 1957
    Logos

    Logos

    Logos

    51957HD

    Jane Conger Belson Shimane's first film, Logos, premiered in 1957 and was screened at festivals in North America, Europe, and Latin America. The...

    Logos
  • 2019
    Finding Vision, Finding Voice

    Finding Vision, Finding Voice

    Finding Vision, Finding Voice

    102019HD

    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
  • 2024
    Phosphenes II

    Phosphenes II

    Phosphenes II

    02024HD

    The second film in the Phosphenes series.

    Phosphenes II
  • 2016
    Trans/Figure/Ground

    Trans/Figure/Ground

    Trans/Figure/Ground

    02016HD

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

    Trans/Figure/Ground