Ed Emshwiller Movies

  • 1974
    Crossings and Meetings

    Crossings and Meetings

    Crossings and Meetings

    01974HD

    A lone man walking across the video screen is the starting point for this dynamic formal exercise. This image and its accompanying sound are...

    Crossings and Meetings
  • 1966
    Oysters Are in Season

    Oysters Are in Season

    Oysters Are in Season

    01966HD

    Oysters Are in Season feautures the improvised humor of Swede Sorenson, Dean Preece and Molly Parkin as they play out sharply satiric situations....

    Oysters Are in Season
  • 1959
    Transformation

    Transformation

    Transformation

    71959HD

    The pointillist score accompanies changing line, form, and color to create an animated film painting, achieved through the exploration of spontaneous...

    Transformation
  • 1987
    Hungers

    Hungers

    Hungers

    81987HD

    Emshwiller introduces this work as a "tapestry of images and sounds suggestive of the hungers that human beings all share for food, love, sex, power,...

    Hungers
  • 1966
    In Three Zones

    In Three Zones

    In Three Zones

    01966HD

    A film based on play by Wilford Leach

    In Three Zones
  • 1974
    Suite 212

    Suite 212

    Suite 212

    01974HD

    Suite 212 is Paik's "personal New York sketchbook," an electronic collage that presents multiple perspectives of New York's media landscape as a...

    Suite 212
  • 1972
    Thermogenesis

    Thermogenesis

    Thermogenesis

    01972HD

    "A film version of a videotape. In it my drawings are animated and colorized by using computers. Walter Wright and Richard Froeman were on the...

    Thermogenesis
  • 1973
    Positive Negative Electronic Faces

    Positive Negative Electronic Faces

    Positive Negative Electronic Faces

    01973HD

    A collaboration between Ed Emshwiller and Anthony Bannon funded by a New York State Council on the Arts grant.

    Positive Negative Electronic Faces
  • 1970
    Images

    Images

    Images

    01970HD

    A video piece by Ed Emshwiller

    Images
  • 1984
    Skin Matrix

    Skin Matrix

    Skin Matrix

    01984HD

    Emshwiller writes that the visually complex and densely textured Skin Matrix is a "video tapestry... a layering of different manifestations of...

    Skin Matrix
  • 1965
    George Dumpson's Place

    George Dumpson's Place

    George Dumpson's Place

    6.1251965HD

    Employing experimental techniques, Emshwiller magically moved through a collection of objects and artifacts in order to capture the spirit of George...

    George Dumpson's Place
  • 1963
    The Existentialist

    The Existentialist

    The Existentialist

    71963HD

    A delightful short film shot in reverse in which the main protagonist enjoys a day on the town.

    The Existentialist
  • 1972
    Woe Oh Ho No

    Woe Oh Ho No

    Woe Oh Ho No

    01972HD

    A video film by Ed Emshwiller

    Woe Oh Ho No
  • 1970
    Branches

    Branches

    Branches

    71970HD

    Featuring Bill Weidner and Connie Brady, BRANCHES was made in a filmmaking workshop at Cornell University during the summer of 1970. The film was...

    Branches
  • 1984
    Skin Matrix S

    Skin Matrix S

    Skin Matrix S

    01984HD

    Skin Matrix S is a short version of the piece Skin Matrix.

    Skin Matrix S
  • 1956
    The Thing from Back Issues

    The Thing from Back Issues

    The Thing from Back Issues

    01956HD

    A film by Ed Emshwiller made with writers from the Original Milford Science Fiction Writers Conference. Silent film. Mid 1950s.

    The Thing from Back Issues
  • 1962
    The Streets of Greenwood

    The Streets of Greenwood

    The Streets of Greenwood

    81962HD

    THE STREETS OF GREENWOOD (1962), looks at voter registration efforts by the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)and a concert in a...

    The Streets of Greenwood
  • 1963
    Freedom March

    Freedom March

    Freedom March

    01963HD

    A short documentary by Ed Emshwiller of the March on Washington.

    Freedom March
  • 1972
    Computer Graphics #1

    Computer Graphics #1

    Computer Graphics #1

    01972HD

    The long version of the film titled in the short version "THERMOGENESIS"

    Computer Graphics #1
  • 1975
    Solstice and Solyanka

    Solstice and Solyanka

    Solstice and Solyanka

    01975HD

    Super 8 film. Observations of the Institute on Film, Video & Photography, Amherst, MA, summer 1975. Among the cast of characters, in order of...

    Solstice and Solyanka