Ken Jacobs Movies

Assisted by Nisi Ariana, 24 minutes

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

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...

Studying painting with Hans Hofmann had sensitized me to depth phenomena, to strange readings of depth including the most unnatural: flat. In 1964, I...

A 2021 Jacobs Eternalism

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

A sly take on recent US foreign policy in the Middle East, 3D footage of the exit from NYFF’s premiere of The Social Network makes for...

Film portrait of Naomi Levine by Ken Jacobs

A film by Ken Jacobs made in 8mm

Ken Jacobs writes: "The first two sections were shot around Jack's loft on Reade Street on two 100' 16 mm rolls. Sunday morning, following Saturday's...

A 2023 Ken Jacobs Eternalism

"2013. USA. Directed by Ken Jacobs. With technical assistance by Nisi Jacobs. Part two of four. “Joys…began on the corner of Broadway...

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

A 3D film by Ken Jacobs

3D Eternalism film by Ken Jacobs

Co-made with Nisi Ariana

"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...

"3D is rather a slighting way to speak of deep space. I enjoyed AVATAR and HUGO, though not much else among the movies I’ve seen in illusionary...

3D Eternalism film by Ken Jacobs

Abstract avantgarde film.