Abstract Movies

A nematic painting of sleep.

Quiet reflections at the end of the season.

A perfect blending of the art of maths and the maths of art.

Jane Conger Belson Shimane's first film, Logos, premiered in 1957 and was screened at festivals in North America, Europe, and Latin America. The...

A couple are watching television together. Over time, the shows become more bizarre: a news report about the arrest of two terrorists reveals they...

A found footage collage film sourced from several different places and composed primarily of audio from the films of Jean-Luc Godard.

A found-footage film made entirely from Academy leader, which is normally used to cue the start of films. The film was hand-printed on a home-made...

A virtual sky awash with a digital aurora.

A young man from Toronto, struggles with connecting with his culture, as he wishes to write and read his mother tongue. When his wish gets granted,...

This short experiments with the flow of oil ink over the surface of the water. Mizue manipulated the ink by blowing with straws or stirring with...

Dwellings and footpaths carved in rock echo a history of living in sync with the natural world. A distance away, a geological anomaly reverberates in...

This footage is almost entirely black, save for a few shots possibly showing electric poles outside.

In stark contrast to video, "Hand Made" focuses on the grain of the celluloid and the organic nature of emulsion. It was created by contact printing...

The dream of an undinal being.

A man desperately struggles against a powerful, unseen force.

A flickering survey of worlds both urban and botanical. The frame as an unsettled space, a centre that cannot hold, suspended in its own vertigo....

An anxiety inducing exploration of juicy colors and crunchy textures driven by chaotic electronic music.

The Stroke is a hand-drawn animation film that reverses the roles of audio and visuals for a music video. Improvised on its very first viewing, the...

A man pays local children to bring him flies. After having cut off their wings and legs, he sticks them on the walls of his apartment. When a...

A film about creation itself, a rite of the sun and the surfaces illuminated by it. Light capturing and light summoning "in a primitive attempt to...