Abstract Movies

At dusk, an observer captures an absurd phenomenon.

A mathematical play on one repeated movement. It imparts a sense of possibilities: that something simple can produce complex and unexpected patterns....

A Dream... is an abstract, horror piece that explores the subconscious mind of modern, western man, touching on cultural guilt, self deception, and...

袋 Fukuro (Japanese for "bag" or "sack") is a 3-minute short film from 2001. It features Pyramid Head and a Lying Figure from Silent Hill 2,...

A hand moves gently, its presence shifts continuously.

Chicago streets.

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...

Water, fire and oil mix into an anxious premonition read across the surface of an eye, a pond and an expressway. Filmed in Los Angeles, San Francisco...

An exploration of the relationship between sound and picture inspired by the two lights (twi-light) found inside film projectors.

"We follow Detective Rodriguez on a case that will take him to new and abstract places and feelings"

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

“[T]he sense of moving forward [in space or time] alternates with a sense of expansion and contraction, as the finished cycle [of movement]...

2001 Joan C. Gratz animated short

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...

In 1944 Lye moved to New York City, initially to direct for the documentary newsreel The March of Time. He settled in the West Village, where he...

A vibrant animation by Patricia Marx. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.

High Voltage is constructed from footage James Whitney contributed to Belson for use in one of his Vortex concerts.

"We are powerfully imprisoned by the terms in which we have been conducted to think.” - R. Buckminster Fuller