Ken Jacobs Movies

Here Jacobs revisits the original 1905 source material of his celebrated 1969 structuralist film, Tom Tom the Piper's Son. In his earlier film, a...

Abstract short in Jacob's current 3D style.

Part of a series of Eternalisms

A film in the Popeye Series by Ken Jacobs

'Blinking' 2D rendition of one of Ken Jacobs' Nervous System performances first presented in 1994.

An Eternalism 3-D film by Ken Jacobs

A short by Ken Jacobs. Taormina, Sicily; Mt. Etna erupting nearby.

An Eternalism film.

An Eternalism film.

An Eternalism film.

Jacobs's 1st Window is a dazzling balletic breaking-up of the cinematic frame.

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

This work is derived from one of Jacobs' Nervous Magic Lantern performances, which are created with a hand-manipulated projector and use neither film...

Ken Jacobs’ most recent stroboscopic work transforms a typical New York street scaffolding scene into a mesmeric, Christo-esque merry-go-round.

3D Polaroid *Note: Must be viewed on 3D monitor with polaroid glasses Duration: 6'24 Year: 2015 Sound

Polaroid 3D short film by Ken Jacobs.

3D Polaroid *Note: Must be viewed on 3D monitor with polaroid glasses Duration: 9' Year: 2015 Sound

Ken Jacobs short film eventually incorporated into The Sky Socialist.

2022, assisted by Antoine Catala

abstract short by Ken Jacobs