Ken Jacobs Movies

A stereo-photo of an ocean wave slowly turns and churns. The hidden forces of Cinema conspire with an instant of history to produce actions that...

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...

Premiere at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City on August 5, 2021.

An Eternalism 3-D film by Ken Jacobs

An Eternalism film.

An Eternalism film.

An Eternalism film.

An Eternalism film.

Description by Ken Jacobs: Along the Elevated is an expanse of city architecture in delicious depth (depth is not only what things exist in, its ins...

An Eternalism film.

An Eternalism film.

A stroboscopic train ride along a jungle stream. Asian military men appear with their pith-helmets, keeping the ferns, trees, monkeys, natives in...

An Eternalism film.

An Eternalism film.

Short film by Ken Jacobs later included in his compilation The Whirled.

3D eternalism by Ken Jacobs

Experimental short film.

Ken Jacobs’ most recent stroboscopic work transforms a typical New York street scaffolding scene into a mesmeric, Christo-esque merry-go-round.

A film by Ken Jacobs made in 8mm

An Eternalism film.