Film

Ken Jacobs Short Films

Mon, May 11, 2015

7:30PM

LOCATION:

Peter Jay Sharp Building

BAM Rose Cinemas

RUN TIME: 74min

RATED: NR

GENERAL ADMISSION: $14

MEMBERS: $9 (Movie Moguls free)

SENIORS/STUDENTS/VETERANS: $10 (Students 29 and under with a valid ID, Mon—Thu)

+ Q&A with Ken Jacobs

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Monday May 11, 2015

Performances no longer available.

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Part of BAMcinématek 2015 series 3D in the 21st Century

"A reminder that, in a world of continuously streaming images, an artist like Mr. Jacobs challenges the tyranny of visual uniformity, and not simply with angry words."

—The New York Times

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.

Talks

Q&A

with Ken Jacobs

This screening will feature a Q&A with filmmaker Ken Jacobs.

Seeking the Monkey King

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).

A Loft

Directed by Ken Jacobs
2010, 16min

Jacobs’ studio pops off the screen via stroboscopic effects and hallucinatory colors.

Canopy

Directed by Ken Jacobs
2014, 5min

Throbbing light transforms New York City sidewalk scaffolding into an undulating wonderland.

Capitalism: Child Labor

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.