Ken Jacobs Movies

Not a documentary in the strictest sense of the word. Rather, it is a journey through the world of the artist Jonas Mekas - one of the exponents of...

Obvious as the facts may be, (and available on the web; tap in the expression Reichstag 9/11), we are all wonderfully free to “make up our own...

Spasm (2023, 13:41, digital)

Experimental short film directed by Ken Jacobs with music by diNMachine.

One of Ken Jacobs' Amorous Interludes

Short film by Ken Jacobs later included in his compilation The Whirled.

For over 70 years, Jonas Mekas, internationally known as the "godfather" of avant-garde cinema, documented his life in what came to be known as his...

An Eternalism film.

Using his trademark flicker method, Ken Jacobs pays homage to the oldest type of color film, Kodachrome (whose production was discontinued in 2009)...

An Eternalism film.

Working with Virgil’s four-part poem “Georgics” and Antonio Vivaldi’s concertos “The Four Seasons” as models,...

World Premiere -- Museum of Moving Image 1/14/2017

An Eternalism film.

An experiment in 3D abetted by a Pulfrich filter, originally theorized in the 1920s. Features water cinematography by Phil Solomon.

Unable to sleep, Jonas Mekas drifts through New York nights, moving between apartments, studios, galleries, bars, and clubs. Along the way he...

Polaroid 3D short film by Ken Jacobs.

A multi-part series of Ken Jacobs' Eternalisms.

An Eternalism film.

An Eternalism 3-D film by Ken Jacobs

Assisted by Nisi Ariana, 24 minutes