Ken Jacobs Movies

"Details of paintings by Joan Mitchell undergo Eternalizing. The process introduces emphatic flicker that helps create illusions of depth, even for a...

This work is derived from one of Jacobs' Nervous Magic Lantern performances, which are created with a hand-manipulated projector and use neither film...

An Eternalism film.

An Eternalism film.

Illusions of Depth in Flux

"One that creates a macabre dance by animating his own drawings." - Steve Anker

One of Ken Jacobs' Eternalisms.

Ken Jacobs applying a strobing effect to NYC trees.

An Eternalism film.

The Roses is a meditation on art, aging, and the nature of listening, as well a conversation between generations and between artists. The anaglyph...

Music composition by Harrison Birtwistle, 1971 tape realized by Peter Zinovieff. Nervous Magic Lantern performance by Ken jacobs, 1990.

An Eternalism film.

In this short and beautiful piece, Jacobs creates a flicker effect by editing close-up footage of a stream together with sections of black, producing...

An Eternalism 3-D film by Ken Jacobs

An Eternalism film.

3D film by Ken Jacobs

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

Found footage film by Ken Jacobs of Pygmalion starring Leslie Howard with various digital glitches.

3D Eternalism film by Ken Jacobs

Ken Jacobs describes Bob Fleischner Dying: "Bob allows his sick and fading image to be caught in stereo photography. A man of mystery, so banal in...