Ken Jacobs Movies

Ken Jacobs applying a strobing effect to NYC trees.

An Eternalism film.

An Eternalism film.

Jacobs documents the work of artist Ronald Gonzalez in his Binghamton, NY home and studio space. Producing more of an abstract portrait than a...

An Eternalism film.

An Eternalism film.

MM Serra and Jonas Mekas sign a paper in 3D.

Shot in 1959, Scotch Tape is Jack Smith's first film -- a joyous, three-minute romp, in color, using Peter Duchin's rhumba "Carinhoso" for its...

"Abstract Expressionist Cinema"

A stroboscopic train ride along a jungle stream. Asian military men appear with their pith-helmets, keeping the ferns, trees, monkeys, natives in...

1906 - Original cinematographer unknown. 1996 - New arrangement by Ken Jacobs. Shots shown as found in "A Trip Down Mount Tamalpais", the Paper Print...

Made in response to the death of his friends Bob Fleischner and Jack Smith, who died within one week of each other in 1989, this feature includes...

Mountain ranges lighter than air.

"Waiting, waiting, for a bus to carry us a mile downtown. We often give up and walk. When we commit ourselves to waiting the bus usually appears with...

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...

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

A mostly silent (except for one 78 instrumental record played in the background of one sequence) experimental film centering around a stylized...

Digitally remixed elements from Ken Jacobs' 1960s film The Sky Socialist

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

Jacobs applies his exacting digital techniques to footage of his New York City working and living space.