Abstract Movies

  • 1972
    Keep on Turning

    Keep on Turning

    Keep on Turning

    01972HD

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

    Keep on Turning
  • 1980
    Swiss Army Knife with Rats and Pigeons

    Swiss Army Knife with Rats and Pigeons

    Swiss Army Knife with Rats and Pigeons

    6.51980HD

    Utilising an apparently new-found obsession with the colour red and reinvigorating some of the circular imagery of A Man and His Dog Out for Air and...

    Swiss Army Knife with Rats and Pigeons
  • 2005
    8.1

    8.1

    8.1

    02005HD

    An abstract film on the music 'Unfinished' 8th Symphony, part 1, by Franz Schubert by Oerd van Cuijlenborg

    8.1
  • 2024
    for us, an essay

    for us, an essay

    for us, an essay

    02024HD

    How heavy is an emotional relationship in TRANSit? Giving love? Losing love? Having, in my chest, not only a heart but also longing? That's why I...

    for us, an essay
  • 2025
    Live At Lightspace, Leeds 11-09-25

    Live At Lightspace, Leeds 11-09-25

    Live At Lightspace, Leeds 11-09-25

    02025HD

    An official bootleg of Shearling's 2025 European tour live at Lightspace, Leeds (September 11th), recorded by The Factory Roof (Annya McCabe).

    Live At Lightspace, Leeds 11-09-25
  • 1970
    inefficient joy_

    inefficient joy_

    inefficient joy_

    01970HD

    Inefficient Joy is an experimental ski film that explores the paradox of devoting so much time and energy to something as fleeting as the moments we...

    inefficient joy_
  • 2025
    Shapeless Variations

    Shapeless Variations

    Shapeless Variations

    02025HD

    A condensation of a handful of sunsets with various visual moods. Red and blue as opposites that still find a way to cohere. Concrete silhouettes...

    Shapeless Variations
  • 1923
    Rhythm 23

    Rhythm 23

    Rhythm 23

    5.71923HD

    We watch white shapes dancing on black background, which changes when the white shape fills up the screen completely, and black lines and figures...

    Rhythm 23
  • 2018
    VIVAldi VVinter

    VIVAldi VVinter

    VIVAldi VVinter

    102018HD

    A deep dive into a snowstorm of structural chaos and a blizzard of exploding gestural animation.

    VIVAldi VVinter
  • 2016
    Crab Day

    Crab Day

    Crab Day

    02016HD

    Crab Day is a short film made to accompany Cate Le Bon’s eponymous album, released on April 15, 2016 via Turnstile. Directed by Phil Collins...

    Crab Day
  • 1961
    Blazes

    Blazes

    Blazes

    4.91961HD

    100 basic images switching positions for 4000 frames.

    Blazes
  • 2023
    Green

    Green

    Green

    02023HD

    An abstract and detailed observation of a young life told through a series of observational montages. Part of the 'Technicolour' series of films from...

    Green
  • 1973
    Serenade

    Serenade

    Serenade

    01973HD

    Serenade is a milestone in the history of dance. It is the first original ballet George Balanchine created in America in 1934, and is one of the...

    Serenade
  • 2026
    Unearthly

    Unearthly

    Unearthly

    02026HD

    Two brothers move silently through the mundane world, carrying an unseen offering of light. As they journey from place to place, dancing and...

    Unearthly
  • 2012
    Shift

    Shift

    Shift

    02012HD

    An attempt to visualize higher dimensions and unearthliness, taking into account these concepts' heightened awareness, when attempting to process or...

    Shift
  • 1977
    Wet Paint

    Wet Paint

    Wet Paint

    81977HD

    [The] Insinuation of accidentally spilled ink that would be running across the paper in random, aleatory oozes displaces the graceful liquidity of...

    Wet Paint
  • 1974
    Fuji

    Fuji

    Fuji

    5.71974HD

    A live action footage of a smiling, bespectacled (presumably) Western tourist set against the familiar cadence of an accelerating train revving up as...

    Fuji
  • 1989
    Graffiti

    Graffiti

    Graffiti

    01989HD

    A woman carries a cat in a shopping bag that refuses to be petted. Tired of its behaviour, she violently strikes the bag repeatedly against a wall....

    Graffiti
  • 2012
    Heart String Marionette

    Heart String Marionette

    Heart String Marionette

    52012HD

    A tale about a kid, a samurai mime, and a stripper who all try to defeat a warlord and an evil clown who have successfully turned a countryside into...

    Heart String Marionette
  • 2019
    A Fugue

    A Fugue

    A Fugue

    02019HD

    A space occupies it, awaiting to be unlocked by a freeing action or notion. What lies ahead is its determination.

    A Fugue