Film
Ken Jacobs Short Films
- 7:30PM
A renegade avant-garde visionary whose experiments with the third dimension date back to the 1960s, Ken Jacobs’ recent works continue to explore cinema’s perception-altering potential.
with Ken Jacobs
This screening will feature a Q&A with filmmaker Ken Jacobs.
Directed by Ken Jacobs
2011, 39min
An anti-capitalist lament for America is delivered against a churning kaleidoscope of molten gold and blue. The indescribable result is “a '60s vision happening today—beautiful, terrifying, and determined to storm the doors of perception” (J. Hoberman, Village Voice).
Directed by Ken Jacobs
2010, 16min
Jacobs’ studio pops off the screen via stroboscopic effects and hallucinatory colors.
Directed by Ken Jacobs
2014, 5min
Throbbing light transforms New York City sidewalk scaffolding into an undulating wonderland.
Directed by Ken Jacobs
2006, 14min
A nineteenth-century stereoscopic photograph of children working in a thread factory pulsates kinetically, giving it a disturbing new dimension.