Experimental Movies

  • 1989
    NLOOPS

    NLOOPS

    NLOOPS

    01989HD

    Video art by Vibeke Sorensen made at Calarts in 1989

    NLOOPS
  • 2023
    Prismatic-Double

    Prismatic-Double

    Prismatic-Double

    02023HD

    I was teaching Vicente how to handle the camera. He taught me how to see the world.

    Prismatic-Double
  • 1970
    Growing Dimmer

    Growing Dimmer

    Growing Dimmer

    101970HD

    The light's in a student's room begin to shut off around him. He must escape the room before he is swallowed by darkness.

    Growing Dimmer
  • 1997
    Angel

    Angel

    Angel

    01997HD

    A photograph of a tomb sculpture of a young angel with a copper rose in his hand. Reanimating the copper rose lends this abandoned sculpture a new...

    Angel
  • 2021
    Achromatic

    Achromatic

    Achromatic

    02021HD

    A perspective on everyday things.

    Achromatic
  • 1962
    A WOMAN DISTRESSED

    A WOMAN DISTRESSED

    A WOMAN DISTRESSED

    01962HD

    An 1962 Avant-Garde Comedy by George Kuchar.

    A WOMAN DISTRESSED
  • 2014
    In the Room

    In the Room

    In the Room

    02014HD

    A warm and bright place hiding uncleanliness and fear. The slightest disorder of daily life brings the room down into deep darkness. Shot on 8mm film.

    In the Room
  • 2017
    Black River

    Black River

    Black River

    02017HD

    An observational documentary, shot on high-contrast black and white 16mm film, about a largely undeveloped river in southeastern North Carolina that...

    Black River
  • 2014
    Light Year

    Light Year

    Light Year

    5.72014HD

    A commission for the San Francisco Exploratorium, this film-collage studies the water systems and architecture of the San Francisco waterfront, in...

    Light Year
  • 2007
    Echo Park

    Echo Park

    Echo Park

    02007HD

    Automatic-writing on film, using double exposures, macro imagery, dissolves, and in-camera editing to create a dream collage of Los Angeles, from the...

    Echo Park
  • 2012
    Landscape Dissolves

    Landscape Dissolves

    Landscape Dissolves

    72012HD

    Short experimental film by Paul Clipson

    Landscape Dissolves
  • 2017
    Spectral Ascension

    Spectral Ascension

    Spectral Ascension

    72017HD

    Music by Byron Westbrook, 16mm film by Paul Clipson.

    Spectral Ascension
  • 1970
    Discs

    Discs

    Discs

    01970HD

    In Discs, originally made as installation for a set of monitors, the creators experiment with the phenomenon of horizontal drift trhough the...

    Discs
  • 1966
    Readymade

    Readymade

    Readymade

    5.81966HD

    Color test strip from developing tank.

    Readymade
  • 2024
    The Pillow

    The Pillow

    The Pillow

    02024HD

    A dare from Swedishllama (UrolithicOak)

    The Pillow
  • 2014
    circles

    circles

    circles

    02014HD

    a haiku films, a poem by Nha Thuyen

    circles
  • 2023
    Liminal Space

    Liminal Space

    Liminal Space

    102023HD

    Deep in an ocean facility, Aryanna, must face the unknown, as drips from water-tight air vents and scratches from within empty cells drive her to the...

    Liminal Space
  • 2023
    Cartas de Arapuca

    Cartas de Arapuca

    Cartas de Arapuca

    02023HD

    Cartas de Arapuca
  • 2023
    The Sin By Which They Fell

    The Sin By Which They Fell

    The Sin By Which They Fell

    02023HD

    After committing a gruesome act of violence, the fallen angel September reflects on their relationship with Rowan, the human who came to their aid.

    The Sin By Which They Fell
  • 2017
    Metamorphous: Mountains and Streams

    Metamorphous: Mountains and Streams

    Metamorphous: Mountains and Streams

    02017HD

    Man often yearns of a past more innocent and pure. This film disregards that sentimentality and depicts a constant, permanent transformation of the...

    Metamorphous: Mountains and Streams