Science Friction

Science Friction

This film uses stop motion animation of still photographs to convey images of politics and science in the nuclear era. The advancement of science...

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Fuses

Fuses

A silent film of collaged and painted sequences of lovemaking between Schneemann and her then partner, composer James Tenney; observed by the cat...

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Skullduggery

Skullduggery

A subversive experimental short against the ruling class.

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A La Mode

A La Mode

A short surreal animation created with fashion magazine clippings and sound collages.

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Fluids

Fluids

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...

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For Life, Against the War

For Life, Against the War

First shown on January 30, 1967, FOR LIFE AGAINST THE WAR was an open-call, collective statement from American independent filmmakers disparate in...

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Achooo Mr. Kerrooschev

Achooo Mr. Kerrooschev

A cut-out of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev sails over newspaper articles as they take place. Combines live photography and collage animation in...

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Symmetricks

Symmetricks

Against a black background and a pulsating beat matching white symmetrical geometric flashes around a central orb, white lines are drawn in mirror...

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The Smiling Workman

The Smiling Workman

Performance art collaboration between Jim Dine and Stan VanDerBeek.

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What, Who, How

What, Who, How

An animated short film from Stan Vanderbeek.

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Poem Field No. 1

Poem Field No. 1

"Words pulsate, then bleed into abstraction. Fields of color fragment into pixels or smear into mutating organisms. Swarming text grids explode...

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The Human Face Is a Monument

The Human Face Is a Monument

Poem Field No. 7

Poem Field No. 7

"Calligraphic computer animation of the enigmatic poem 'There is no way to peace- Peace is the way.' Black and white animation is colored by Brown/...

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Poem Field No. 2

Poem Field No. 2

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

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Breathdeath

Breathdeath

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...

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Man and His World

Man and His World

16mm film transferred to video, color, sound

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Poem Field Series

Poem Field Series

"Each film was constructed using Knowlton's BEFLIX computer language, which was based on FORTRAN. The films were programmed on a IBM 7094 computer....

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See Saw Seams

See Saw Seams

An artistic short film directed by Stan Vanderbeek.

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Mankinda

Mankinda

An animated drawing done directly under the camera, combining painterly images and a drawn calligraphy, the works unfolds as you watch, permitting...

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Sonia and Stan Paint a Portrait of Ronnie

Sonia and Stan Paint a Portrait of Ronnie

In Sonia and Stan Paint a Portrait of Ronnie, VanDerBeek and artist Sonia Sheridan assemble a pastiche of images of Ronald Reagan, metamorphosed...

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