Ken Jacobs Movies

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

Co-made with Nisi Ariana

An Eternalism film.

A mostly silent (except for one 78 instrumental record played in the background of one sequence) experimental film centering around a stylized...

3D film by Ken Jacobs

abstract short by Ken Jacobs

Jacobs documents a New York street vendor, taking a short interaction between the vendor and a customer and protracting it into a strobing,...

3D film by Ken Jacobs

An Eternalism film.

An 8mm film by Ken Jacobs made after his 16mm camera was stolen

A 3D film by Ken Jacobs

An Eternalism film.

An eternalism.

Music composition by Harrison Birtwistle, 1971 tape realized by Peter Zinovieff. Nervous Magic Lantern performance by Ken jacobs, 1990.

An Eternalism film.

One of Ken Jacobs' Eternalisms.

Jacobs applies his exacting digital techniques to footage of his New York City working and living space.

Spasm (2023, 13:41, digital)

Still shots of a revolving door at New York City's Church Street Station Post Office are edited together to create a sense of movement, redoubled by...

Ken Jacobs applying a strobing effect to NYC trees.