Avant Garde Movies

Part of a trio of films that also includes ADAGIO and WINTER LIGHT, IN A SUMMER GARDEN "draws much of its power from the way it is constructed and...

A hand-painted film photographically step-printed so that the thicket-like lines of paint are “played-off” against some centered...

An experimental media installation of three windows exploring fragments of liminality. Three unique re-constructions of experiential instances...

Super 8mm film.

This film concentrated the crystal energy of earth nature, expended the trace and texture of mote. It try to use powerful flicker image to tune up...

Architectural distortions of the second city.

The ocean, the trees, the varieties of cityscape and landscape assert themselves as "pictures", but the images are essentially a wash and tangle of...

In the hyperkinetic multichannel video installation Devil’s Peak, Simon Liu surveys the psychogeography of Hong Kong as a feverish dreamscape,...

Singly-printed multi-colored watery "blobs" and "feathery" streaks of painted color, dominated by yellows and reds interweaving in complexity until...

Filmed in 2003 while staying in a Brooklyn Heights apartment, the work centers on a small Greek statue revealed in shifting morning and afternoon...

A young adult's first-hand account of "accidentally becoming human again" after, and with, trauma induced depression. Lo-fi, vulnerable, and uniquely...

Made up of piano, this shows Basinski's patented tape-loop technique perfectly and still stands as one of his most affecting pieces of music; still...

The debut short film from Edward Pettitt, that blends surrealist imagery with the sounds from The Residents.

1 minute, color, silent 16mm

Rummaging for Pasts is an experimental juxtaposition of two cinematic documents: the video diary of an international archaeological excavation and a...

An 1962 Avant-Garde Comedy by George Kuchar.

Turquoise and maroon-toned thin lines of paint are interspersed with variously toned circular "watermarks" of blotched paint giving-way to...

A paean to light, a glittering bodice of a film that rapturously unfolds its subject with a shimmering luminosity.

16mm film by Radoslav Vladić.

The Black Album places scrutiny on the notion of "Black Excellence" in a revisionist take.