Ken Jacobs Movies

An Eternalism film.

In the backyard with the inimitable Jerry Sims. Shot in 8mm in 1975, edited and transferred to 16mm in 1987.

“All hallucinations of Paradise Lost come from the longing to levitate. Vision is lightship and shipwreck - Herbert Postl from Ideal Forms of...

An Eternalism film.

Mountain ranges lighter than air.

An Eternalism film.

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 film.

An Eternalism film.

A study in lunging waves, in 3D.

An Eternalism film.

The Roses is a meditation on art, aging, and the nature of listening, as well a conversation between generations and between artists. The anaglyph...

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

First two-cycle Eternalism. Interesting for the contrast of movements and depth configurations but also in indicating an end to the display and...

An Eternalism film.

A story told by director Ken Jacobs but without conventional storyline. Using a modified magic lantern, an early type of image projector developed in...

An examination of the history of the U.S. through archival footage and contrasting views of society, incorporating audiovisual material ranging from...

Single fixed-camera take looking from within darkened room, (camera within a camera) out through fire-escape door into vertical space between rears...

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

3D film by Ken Jacobs