Colored Rhythm: Study for the Film

Chase

February 2012 •

An abstract pursuit that leaves you gasping for breath.

Keep on Turning

January 1972 •

In Wiertz and Verbeek's kinetic, kaleidoscopic opus Keep on Turning (1974, 3 min, 16mm, sound) cubes convey, rotate and shift in tandem.

Rubin's Incorporia

February 2021 •English

Rubin chats with two friends.

Gassy's Gas 'n Stuff

May 2023 •English

Lulu the dog gets a job at the local convenience store and stays up all night cleaning the back room. Short created for Adult Swim Smalls.

Son of the White Mare

October 1981 •Hungarian

A horse goddess gives birth to three powerful brothers who set out into the Underworld to save three princesses from three evil dragons and reclaim their ancestors' lost kingdom.

Dimensions

May 2016 •

A mathematical play on one repeated movement. It imparts a sense of possibilities: that something simple can produce complex and unexpected patterns. As with an atom, the variety of possibilities from a base movement is potentially infinite.

Impromptu

January 2017 •

A journey to the origins of cinema, starting with its forgotten fathers: the pioneers who achieved moving images before 1895, the official year of the Lumière cinematograph. Through five studies by Frédéric Chopin, 'Impromptu' is also a tribute to the end of the 19th century, to its immortal muses, and to the fascination with movement itself.

Barcode III.0

January 2013 •English

A unique journey across a topography created entirely from a form of digital light and shadow—a bristling terrain of poles bending the light in every direction. This film is the remake of Barcode, an abstract road-movie about light and shadows.

Thine Own Self

May 2021 •English

Torn from their home by a hand in the sky, colorful entities seek freedom from a rigid binary in this short experimental animation.

Perspectrum

January 1975 •English

In this animated short, simple geometric forms as thin and flat as playing cards constantly form and re-form to the sound of the koto, a 13-stringed Japanese instrument.

Coloratura

December 2023 •English

Coloratura is cartoon based on the minimal style of the UPA animation, combining art, animation and jazz to create a symphony as the main character bumps into different musical instruments.

Pour ne pas oublier l'invisible

September 2024 •French

Paper Players' War

November 2024 •

A Blue Soldier and a Yellow Soldier play a board game trying to outwit each other, struggling for control over a piece of land. The Farmer who belongs to the land is not allowed to play and must pick a side. As the fighting escalates, what side does she choose?

Calypso

January 1955 •English

Hand painted directly onto film stock by Margaret Tait, this film features animated dancing figures, accompanied by authentic calypso music.

You're Not Real Pretty but You're Mine...

January 1968 •English

"Mouris’s film, YOU’RE NOT REAL PRETTY BUT YOU’RE MINE…, built upon the strongest elements of QUICK DREAM, and added a pop music soundtrack. Mouris says, “I shot another 100 foot roll on classmate Jerry Strawbridge’s home animation stand, and edited that into the best sequences from QUICK DREAM. The whole film was a tongue-in-cheek series of odd couples/couplings, which the title suggested. The FRANK FILM photo collage animation evolved here.” - Yale

Shearing Animation

January 1961 •

An abstract animated film inspired by the work of jazz musician Chico Hamilton.

Drums West

December 1961 •English

This newly rediscovered short was created in Jim's home studio in Bethesda, MD around 1961. It is one of several experimental shorts inspired by the music of jazz great Chico Hamilton. At the end, in footage probably shot by Jerry Juhl, Jim demonstrates his working method.

Squares

January 1973 •English

An abstract computer-generated film. The image is of squares revolving in space around and through each other. Colors and forms multiply and divide against a beautiful symphonic score by George Kleinsinger.

Teddy Bear Maelstrom

January 1983 •English

An Animated Short Film by Glen Entis

Woman Is My Last Name

May 2022 •English

This visual poetry is a celebration of the full spectrum of womanhood, from the complex vulnerability to the hidden power.