Ken Jacobs Movies

Jacobs documents the work of artist Ronald Gonzalez in his Binghamton, NY home and studio space. Producing more of an abstract portrait than a...

An unfinished 3D film using the Pulfrich filter. "We travel by train through the mountains of central and northern Italy, 3-D country; the Alps,...

Ken Jacobs short film

Film portrait of Naomi Levine by Ken Jacobs

A sly take on recent US foreign policy in the Middle East, 3D footage of the exit from NYFF’s premiere of The Social Network makes for...

abstract short by Ken Jacobs

"Abstract Expressionist Cinema"

This work is a demonstration of one of Jacobs' Nervous Magic Lantern performances, which are created with a hand-manipulated projector and use...

Ken Jacobs short film eventually incorporated into The Sky Socialist.

In Capitalism: Slavery, Jacobs uses a Victorian stereograph (a double-photograph) of slaves picking cotton under the watchful eye of a white overseer...

An Eternalism film.

"Details of paintings by Joan Mitchell undergo Eternalizing. The process introduces emphatic flicker that helps create illusions of depth, even for a...

3D Eternalism film by Ken Jacobs

An Eternalism film.

Part of a series of Eternalisms

Ken Jacobs at a Chinese restaurant.

Part of a series of Eternalisms

One last ferry ride with the Jacobs family.

"Abstract Expressionist Cinema"

Co-made with Nisi Ariana