Ken Jacobs Movies

This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007...

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

A “Cinéma, de notre temps” series episode directed by french filmmaker Jackie Raynal, originally aired 29 May 2016.

Drawn from footage shot between 1949 and 1963, Jonas Mekas’s autobiographical diary film chronicles his early years in exile, capturing the...

This very special film features a carefully curated selection of some of the priceless messages that have graced Anthology’s voicemail system...

A strobing deconstruction of Orson Welles' Chimes at Midnight.

"The whole film are non-art portraits of people in which they do what they want with this hat – and therefore, act or stand in front of my...

Unable to sleep, Jonas Mekas drifts through New York nights, moving between apartments, studios, galleries, bars, and clubs. Along the way he...

A young woman stands by a car while scenes from metropolitan life flash by.

Little Stabs at Happiness is a collection of silent shorts Jacobs shot from the period of 1959-1963. Jaunty tunes (and a somber reflection) accompany...

A series of video letters between José Luis Guerín and Jonas Mekas.

Short film with Jack Smith as the mysterious leader of an even-more-mysterious cult, garbed in pseudo-papal regalia and adorned with jewelry and...

A celebration of Ken Jacobs' work at 80WSE.

An Eternalism film.

Sequel to Sensoriums at Sea: Dr. Toothy's New Entranceway

A Rainy Day in New York.

A Tom Tom Chaser is Jacobs' 2002 poetic riff on the transformation of his classic film Tom Tom the Piper's Son from chemical to electronic form...

An anaglyph 3-D film by Ken Jacobs

Ken Jacobs short film

A story told by director Ken Jacobs but without conventional storyline. Using a modified magic lantern, an early type of image projector developed in...