Ken Jacobs Movies

Ken Jacobs' black and white abstract short from 2019, in five parts.

"One of the nice things about movies was you could keep them at a distance. Movies knew their place. We were dimensional, they were flat, so it was...

Ken Jacobs short film

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Abstract short in Jacob's current 3D style.

A still image of a palm-lined wooden walkway is edited together with mirror-images, close-ups, upside-down renderings, and smaller, framed versions...

A study in lunging waves, in 3D.

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

Ken Jacobs’ most recent stroboscopic work transforms a typical New York street scaffolding scene into a mesmeric, Christo-esque merry-go-round.

Still shots of a revolving door at New York City's Church Street Station Post Office are edited together to create a sense of movement, redoubled by...

3D Eternalism film by Ken Jacobs

In 1968, Noren finished Huge Pupils, a gorgeous, sensuous, sexually outrageous visual study of his daily life, and part I of an ongoing series he...

A 3D film by Ken Jacobs

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

Part of a series of Eternalisms

"3D is rather a slighting way to speak of deep space. I enjoyed AVATAR and HUGO, though not much else among the movies I’ve seen in illusionary...

A 2023 Ken Jacobs Eternalism

A film in the Popeye Series by Ken Jacobs

The diamond patterns in the wire fencing for construction on his street inspired Ken Jacobs’s latest astonishing 3-D extravaganza.

Experimental short silent film (black & white).