Ken Jacobs Movies

'Blinking' 2D rendition of one of Ken Jacobs' Nervous System performances first presented in 1994.

"Influenced by avant-garde artist-refugees from Europe, non-representational art dominated the art market after WW2 [...] Viewers offered open minds,...

Shot in Provincetown in the summer of '61 with the goal of funding a larger project, the film was never completed due to a violent argument between...

Co-made with Nisi Ariana

First created and presented as a Tzadik New Jewish Culture offering in 1993. First performed live as a Nervous System performance with Catherine...

Film by Ken Jacobs. Exists as both 2D and 3D Version

Ken Jacobs short film

In celebration of his 80th birthday, here is: THE ETERNAL COURTSHIP (an ipad short) For Ken and Flo Jacobs, with love and affection from all of us...

"Hidden in a movie shot is an infinity of monsters. Pause and they show themselves (at their worst in 3D)." - Ken Jacobs

A picturing of sound in 3D.

"Abstract Expressionist Cinema"

The late, legendary experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage is the subject of this video portrait by his friends Ken Jacobs and Nisi Jacobs.The video...

A 2023 Ken Jacobs Eternalism

An Eternalism film.

"Abstract Expressionist Cinema"

A Tom Tom Chaser is Jacobs' 2002 poetic riff on the transformation of his classic film Tom Tom the Piper's Son from chemical to electronic form...

Freeview 3D film by Ken Jacobs

3D Eternalism film by Ken Jacobs

Sequel to Sensoriums at Sea: Dr. Toothy's New Entranceway

Anaglyph 3D film by Ken Jacobs based on a 1974 shadow play performance.