The Birth of the American Flag
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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"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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An experimental film
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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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Reeling in TV Time
In Reeling in TV Time, VanDerBeek experiments with imaging capabilities and early computer graphics.
See morePoem 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 is an computer-animated short made in the Beflix programming language.
See morePoem Field No. 4
Poem Field No. 4 is an computer-animated short made in the Beflix programming language.
See morePoemfield 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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Experimental film that used handheld projectors to present film images and slide projections.
See morePoem 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...
See moreWho 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...
See moreMicro 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...
See moreSelf-Poured Traits
Self Poured Traits is a tongue-in-cheek self-examination set to the poetry of Kenneth Rexroth.
See moreSnapshots 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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World leaders at the crossroads.
See moreMirrored 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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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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