Ken Jacobs Movies

An Eternalism film.

An Eternalism film.

Silent film by Ken Jacobs featuring his son asleep at the table then being put to bed.

"Influenced by avant-garde artist-refugees from Europe, non-representational art dominated the art market after WW2 [...] Viewers offered open minds,...

2022, 12:43, digital. Drawing by Victor Tomofeev, "A Skater's City"

An Eternalism film.

An Eternalism film.

An Eternalism film.

A digital animation of a Victorian stereoscopic photograph of a 19th-century factory floor, crowded with machinery and child workers. Filmmaker Ken...

First created and presented as a Tzadik New Jewish Culture offering in 1993. First performed live as a Nervous System performance with Catherine...

An Eternalism film.

In this late work (made with Azazel Jacobs’s participation), Ken Jacobs returns to an earlier (and frequent) subject, the bric-a-brac-laden...

In the backyard with the inimitable Jerry Sims. Shot in 8mm in 1975, edited and transferred to 16mm in 1987.

An Eternalism film.

Illusions of Depth in Flux

The Nervous Magic Lantern is a projection device I came up with in the year 2000. With assistance from wife Flo (Florence) we have been performing...

3D film by Ken Jacobs

An Eternalism film.

1906 - Original cinematographer unknown. 1996 - New arrangement by Ken Jacobs. Shots shown as found in "A Trip Down Mount Tamalpais", the Paper Print...

An Eternalism film.