Avant Garde Movies

  • 2021
    The Contact Enigma

    The Contact Enigma

    The Contact Enigma

    62021HD

    Three people become connected through mysterious circumstances involving electronic devices which spontaneously appeared in their world.

    The Contact Enigma
  • 1996
    Prelude 7

    Prelude 7

    Prelude 7

    6.31996HD

    The ocean, the trees, the varieties of cityscape and landscape assert themselves as "pictures", but the images are essentially a wash and tangle of...

    Prelude 7
  • 2007
    Entr'acte

    Entr'acte

    Entr'acte

    02007HD

    A side table and a chest of drawers (played by actors in ingenious soft-sculpture costumes) indulge in a bit of passive-aggressive furniture moving....

    Entr'acte
  • 2021
    An American gothic in London

    An American gothic in London

    An American gothic in London

    42021HD

    A painting of a couple talk to the viewers for a bit.

    An American gothic in London
  • 2026
    Watermelon.

    Watermelon.

    Watermelon.

    102026HD

    A regular grocery store watermelon seeks a higher ranking in the hierarchy of the universe.

    Watermelon.
  • 2026
    Two-Factor

    Two-Factor

    Two-Factor

    102026HD

    Dissonant selves dancing around opposition and harmony.

    Two-Factor
  • 2023
    Cotton Candy Chocolate River

    Cotton Candy Chocolate River

    Cotton Candy Chocolate River

    02023HD

    You and AI at the end of the world.

    Cotton Candy Chocolate River
  • 1993
    Three Homerics

    Three Homerics

    Three Homerics

    5.51993HD

    This film is composed of three sections created to accompany a piece of music (by Barbara Feldman) on a Homeric poem.

    Three Homerics
  • 1970
    Rhythm and Environment

    Rhythm and Environment

    Rhythm and Environment

    01970HD

    3-minute experimental animation based on the techniques of John Whitney.

    Rhythm and Environment
  • 2001
    Untied

    Untied

    Untied

    62001HD

    A small portrait of the volatility of intimacy and of breaking free from abusive cycles: made in response to a year of collapsing relationships and...

    Untied
  • 1970
    Memoria

    Memoria

    Memoria

    101970HD

    Surrendering the mind to the hypnotic dance of fire, a candle's glimmer reveals dreamlike memories, illustrated by flickering fragments of...

    Memoria
  • 2020
    Butterfly 360°

    Butterfly 360°

    Butterfly 360°

    102020HD

    The 360° project tells the story of a peaceful environment featuring a rare case phenomena where a swarm of butterflies is nurturing itself by...

    Butterfly 360°
  • 2015
    Ken Burns Says

    Ken Burns Says "Jazz" 3 Billion Times (actually 2.97 bn) in Under 3.5 Minutes

    Ken Burns Says "Jazz" 3 Billion Times (actually 2.97 bn) in Under 3.5 Minutes

    4.52015HD

    Ken Burns Says "Jazz" 3 Billion Times (actually 2.97 bn) in Under 3.5 Minutes

    Ken Burns Says
  • 2024
    midautumn

    midautumn

    midautumn

    02024HD

    shot in melbourne, may 2024

    midautumn
  • 2000
    Persian Series #10

    Persian Series #10

    Persian Series #10

    5.62000HD

    "Twigs" of color in space, and pure white "ghosts" of them in the background interspersed with dark amalgams of these and conglomerate forms. The...

    Persian Series #10
  • 2021
    Water from The Tremulous Stream

    Water from The Tremulous Stream

    Water from The Tremulous Stream

    02021HD

    A glimpse over the Diguillín River through the mechanical eye of an old digital camera. Light’s trail presents itself fortuitously over...

    Water from The Tremulous Stream
  • 2022
    Devil's Peak

    Devil's Peak

    Devil's Peak

    52022HD

    In the hyperkinetic multichannel video installation Devil’s Peak, Simon Liu surveys the psychogeography of Hong Kong as a feverish dreamscape,...

    Devil's Peak
  • 2013
    Second-hand Reading

    Second-hand Reading

    Second-hand Reading

    82013HD

    A film constructed from a succession of drawings on old books.

    Second-hand Reading
  • 1968
    Sonata for Pen, Brush, and Ruler

    Sonata for Pen, Brush, and Ruler

    Sonata for Pen, Brush, and Ruler

    01968HD

    From 1967-71 Barry Spinello made films without camera or tape recorder by hand drawing both sound and picture directly onto clear 16mm leader. His...

    Sonata for Pen, Brush, and Ruler
  • 1967
    A Sense of the Past

    A Sense of the Past

    A Sense of the Past

    01967HD

    This is a short film description of a room, and the way light (coming through a window) illuminates papers on a desk. An attempt to use color, camera...

    A Sense of the Past