Ken Jacobs Movies

An Eternalism film.

A 2023 Ken Jacobs Eternalism

An Eternalism film.

Assisted by Nisi Ariana, 24 minutes

In this short and beautiful piece, Jacobs creates a flicker effect by editing close-up footage of a stream together with sections of black, producing...

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

Part of a series of Eternalisms

A film by Ken Jacobs made in 8mm

Black and white evokes nostalgia for The Great Depression. Things were so cheap, including lives. We see daredevils (desperate people) compete for...

An experiment in 3D abetted by a Pulfrich filter, originally theorized in the 1920s. Features water cinematography by Phil Solomon.

A Ken Jacobs eternalism made using a dazzling iPhone panorama from James Otis.

An Eternalism 3-D film by Ken Jacobs

A stereograph of an ocean wave breaking is suspended in time as it reshapes in time and in depth. 3-D for both two eyed and single-eyed viewers.

An eternalism.

"Joys…began on the corner of Broadway and Spring but it was the next night waiting on Bleecker that it was understood a movie of sorts was...

A Rainy Day in New York.

An Eternalism film.

Part of his “Nervous System” performances, the artist’s skills as a projectionist were highlighted when he invented this specially...

Ken Jacobs applying a strobing effect to NYC trees.

Each new year Flo and I join the young and many-languaged crowd walking to the top of Brooklyn Bridge ostensibly for the fireworks. Fact is the...