Ken Jacobs Movies

Found footage film by Ken Jacobs of Pygmalion starring Leslie Howard with various digital glitches.

Short film by Ken Jacobs later included in his compilation The Whirled.

An Eternalism 3-D film by Ken Jacobs

3D film by Ken Jacobs

An Eternalism film.

An Eternalism film.

Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin (1925) digitally embossed

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

Music composition by Harrison Birtwistle, 1971 tape realized by Peter Zinovieff. Nervous Magic Lantern performance by Ken jacobs, 1990.

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...

An Eternalism film.

An Eternalism film.

Premiere at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City on August 5, 2021.

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

A film by Ken Jacobs in his Amorous Interludes series

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

Experimental short silent film (black & white).

An Eternalism film.

Experimental short film. Silent.

An Eternailsm 3-D film by Ken Jacobs