Movies

  • 1963
    Breathdeath

    Breathdeath

    Breathdeath

    4.91963HD

    A surrealistic fantasy based on the 15th century woodcuts of the dance of the dead. A film experiment that deals with the photoreality and the...

    Breathdeath
  • 1985
    Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

    01985HD

    Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.

    Home Movies 1971-81
  • 1964
    Fluids

    Fluids

    Fluids

    01964HD

    16mm color work by Stan Vanderbeek that takes his work away from the cutups and the commentary and lands him in the psychedelic and abstract....

    Fluids
  • 1959
    Street Meat

    Street Meat

    Street Meat

    01959HD

    Vanderbeek photographs NYC, 1959. The 'meat' of the street: Doorways, debris, dilapidation. We meet a few youngsters and get a glimpse into a bygone...

    Street Meat
  • 1970
    Videospace

    Videospace

    Videospace

    01970HD

    "A film of video light and color. Dancers move through computer-generated patterns and fields of soft color to the music of Ravel. An experiment in...

    Videospace
  • 1977
    Strobe Ode

    Strobe Ode

    Strobe Ode

    01977HD

    Strobe Ode is an exercise in video feedback and analog imaging, in which a circular image-field is modified and abstracted by strobe flashes.

    Strobe Ode
  • 1980
    Mirrored Reason

    Mirrored Reason

    Mirrored Reason

    01980HD

    A Kafka-inspired tale, Mirrored Reason tells the story of a woman who is haunted and eventually replaced by her double.

    Mirrored Reason
  • 1964
    Site

    Site

    Site

    61964HD

    Performance by Robert Morris and Carolee Schneemann.

    Site
  • 1966
    Vision III

    Vision III

    Vision III

    01966HD

    16mm film transferred to video, black and white, silent

    Vision III
  • 1967
    Fuses

    Fuses

    Fuses

    5.81967HD

    An experimental short in which a couple engaged in lovemaking is superimposed over ocean and beach scenes.

    Fuses
  • 1963
    Summit

    Summit

    Summit

    01963HD

    World leaders at the crossroads.

    Summit
  • 1959
    Astral Man

    Astral Man

    Astral Man

    81959HD

    "An animated vision... a subliminal glance at man in light and space" S.V.

    Astral Man
  • 1966
    Movie-Drome

    Movie-Drome

    Movie-Drome

    01966HD

    Influenced by Buckminster Fuller’s spheres, VanDerBeek had the idea for a spherical theater where people would lie down and experience movies...

    Movie-Drome
  • 1965
    Movie-Movies

    Movie-Movies

    Movie-Movies

    01965HD

    Experimental film that used handheld projectors to present film images and slide projections.

    Movie-Movies
  • 1981
    Face Concert

    Face Concert

    Face Concert

    01981HD

    Face Concert is an ode to human expression in which VanDerBeek transforms the face into a visual canvas.

    Face Concert
  • 1968
    Ad Infinitum

    Ad Infinitum

    Ad Infinitum

    01968HD

    Ad Infinitum
  • 1966
    Poem Field No. 2

    Poem Field No. 2

    Poem Field No. 2

    81966HD

    To create his “Poemfields” (1965-71) series, VanDerBeek worked closely with computer scientist Ken Knowlton and the staff at Bell Labs....

    Poem Field No. 2
  • 1965
    Facescapes

    Facescapes

    Facescapes

    01965HD

    Facescapes
  • 1964
    Newsreel of Dreams 1 & 2

    Newsreel of Dreams 1 & 2

    Newsreel of Dreams 1 & 2

    01964HD

    Dream matrix, history written in lightning image, memory and the TV syntax, images flowing and fused together to other images and electronic tapestry...

    Newsreel of Dreams 1 & 2
  • 1967
    Expo Faces

    Expo Faces

    Expo Faces

    01967HD

    16mm film transferred to video, black and white, sound

    Expo Faces