The Birth of the American Flag

The Birth of the American Flag

Vanishing Point Left

Vanishing Point Left

In Vanishing Point Left, the "vanishing point" is an analogy for the metaphysics of watching the video screen, which assumes such forms as a...

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Wheeeels No. 1

Wheeeels No. 1

"Dedicated to Detroit and subtitled 'America on wheels.' A fantasy-farce on the car of everyday life. Everything is a vehicle, life is in motion...

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Collide: Oscope

Collide: Oscope

An experimental film

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Euclidean Illusions

Euclidean Illusions

A fantasy film of illusive geometry, changing and rebuilding itself by computer animation, unique visual magic done while artist-in-residence at...

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Facescapes

Facescapes

Reeling in TV Time

Reeling in TV Time

In Reeling in TV Time, VanDerBeek experiments with imaging capabilities and early computer graphics.

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Poem Field No. 8

Poem Field No. 8

Poem Field No. 8 is an computer-animated short made in the Beflix programming language.

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Poem Field No. 6

Poem Field No. 6

Poem Field No. 6 is an computer-animated short made in the Beflix programming language.

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Poem Field No. 4

Poem Field No. 4

Poem Field No. 4 is an computer-animated short made in the Beflix programming language.

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Poemfield No. 1 (Blue Version)

Poemfield No. 1 (Blue Version)

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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Movie-Movies

Movie-Movies

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

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Poem Field No. 5: Free Fall

Poem Field No. 5: Free Fall

COMPUTER ART SERIES is animated computer/graphic films. The series is called POEMFIELD. All of these films explore variations of poems, computer...

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Who Ho Rays No. 1

Who Ho Rays No. 1

"The shapes of sound filmed from a computer system that reproduces analog patterns from sounds. This pioneer work in animated computer mandalas is...

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Micro Cosmos 1-4

Micro Cosmos 1-4

In Micro Cosmos, a series of four short computer-animated works, the image of an orb is transformed into a pulsating, energetic evocaton of life...

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Self-Poured Traits

Self-Poured Traits

Self Poured Traits is a tongue-in-cheek self-examination set to the poetry of Kenneth Rexroth.

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Snapshots of the City

Snapshots of the City

"A Claes Oldenburg 'happening.' A black statement about the City in which two people represent the populace after a bomb raid." S.V.

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Summit

Summit

World leaders at the crossroads.

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Mirrored Reason

Mirrored Reason

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

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Spherical Space No. 1

Spherical Space No. 1

A dance filmed with Elaine Summers, in which the nude figure is placed against nature, in this case a particular and spherical sense of nature as...

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