Stan VanDerBeek Movies

"An animated vision... a subliminal glance at man in light and space" S.V.

16mm film transferred to video, color, sound

Vanderbeek photographs NYC, 1959. The 'meat' of the street: Doorways, debris, dilapidation. We meet a few youngsters and get a glimpse into a bygone...

”Assassination, falling down, animated drawings from the landscape of memory, mankind falling down, faces with faces, a haunting view of man...

16mm film transferred to video, black and white, silent

To create his “Poemfields” (1965-71) series, VanDerBeek worked closely with computer scientist Ken Knowlton and the staff at Bell Labs....

Iimura creates a short self-portrait as well as brief portraits of five of his peers: Brakhage, Vanderbeek, Smith, Mekas and Warhol. In each...

Performance art collaboration between Jim Dine and Stan VanDerBeek.

"Calligraphic computer animation of the enigmatic poem 'There is no way to peace- Peace is the way.' Black and white animation is colored by Brown/...

"A 'drawn' film, with images that are constantly changing, drawings of landscapes that keep escaping, traces of faces, everything is almost what it...

An animated short film from Stan Vanderbeek.

Optically-printed film and computer graphics synthesis. 16mm, color, silent, 4:40 min.

A Stan VanDerBeek short film from 1965.

Similes of a slippery TV tube gesticulate break and supply – a long view of multiple images (Mr. Johnson's war, is it Howard Johnson's or...

"A study in ocular illusions, pattern superimposition producing other patterns and illusions of three dimensionality. A thorough demonstration of the...

In Vanishing Point Left, the "vanishing point" is an analogy for the metaphysics of watching the video screen, which assumes such forms as a mandala,...

In After Laughter, VanDerBeek constructs a rapid-fire montage depicting the evolution of the human race and the haunting specter of its destruction.