Stan VanDerBeek Movies
- 1960
Black and White, Day and Night
Black and White, Day and Night01960HD
"A 'drawn' film, with images that are constantly changing, drawings of landscapes that keep escaping, traces of faces, everything is almost what it...
- 1981
After Laughter
After Laughter01981HD
In After Laughter, VanDerBeek constructs a rapid-fire montage depicting the evolution of the human race and the haunting specter of its destruction.
- 1981
Face Concert
Face Concert01981HD
Face Concert is an ode to human expression in which VanDerBeek transforms the face into a visual canvas.
- 1965
Movie-Movies
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Experimental film that used handheld projectors to present film images and slide projections.
- 1968
Superimposition
Superimposition01968HD
Similes of a slippery TV tube gesticulate break and supply – a long view of multiple images (Mr. Johnson's war, is it Howard Johnson's or...
- 1977
Color Fields Left
Color Fields Left01977HD
A study in analog imaging and the relation of sound to image, Color Fields Left merges moving bands of color with electronic sounds in an...
- 1972
Symmetricks
Symmetricks01972HD
Against a black background and a pulsating beat matching white symmetrical geometric flashes around a central orb, white lines are drawn in mirror...
- 1980
Euclidean Illusions
Euclidean Illusions01980HD
A fantasy film of illusive geometry, changing and rebuilding itself by computer animation, unique visual magic done while artist-in-residence at NASA...
- 1966
Movie-Drome
Movie-Drome01966HD
Influenced by Buckminster Fuller’s spheres, VanDerBeek had the idea for a spherical theater where people would lie down and experience movies...
- 1965
Facescapes
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- 1983
Reeling in TV Time
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In Reeling in TV Time, VanDerBeek experiments with imaging capabilities and early computer graphics.
- 1963
Summit
Summit01963HD
World leaders at the crossroads.
- 1980
Mirrored Reason
Mirrored Reason01980HD
A Kafka-inspired tale, Mirrored Reason tells the story of a woman who is haunted and eventually replaced by her double.
- 1970
Poem Field No. 8
Poem Field No. 801970HD
Poem Field No. 8 is an computer-animated short made in the Beflix programming language.
- 1970
Poem Field No. 6
Poem Field No. 601970HD
Poem Field No. 6 is an computer-animated short made in the Beflix programming language.
- 1970
Poem Field No. 4
Poem Field No. 401970HD
Poem Field No. 4 is an computer-animated short made in the Beflix programming language.
- 1967
Poemfield No. 1 (Blue Version)
Poemfield No. 1 (Blue Version)01967HD
To create his “Poemfields” (1965-71) series, VanDerBeek worked closely with computer scientist Ken Knowlton and the staff at Bell Labs....
- 2000
Visual Velocity: The Work of Stan VanDerBeek
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Visual Velocity is a tribute to the pioneering work of Stan VanDerBeek. VanDerBeek was an experimental filmmaker, artist, animator, and media...
- 1968
Poem Field No. 5: Free Fall
Poem Field No. 5: Free Fall01968HD
COMPUTER ART SERIES is animated computer/graphic films. The series is called POEMFIELD. All of these films explore variations of poems, computer...
- 1972
Who Ho Rays No. 1
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"The shapes of sound filmed from a computer system that reproduces analog patterns from sounds. This pioneer work in animated computer mandalas is a...