Avant Garde Movies

  • 2001
    The Ground

    The Ground

    The Ground

    6.22001HD

    What lives in the space between the stones, in the space cupped between my hand and my chest? Filmmaker/stonemason. A tower or ruin of remembrance....

    The Ground
  • 1999
    Persian Series #5

    Persian Series #5

    Persian Series #5

    6.11999HD

    Dark blood red slow shifting tones (often embedded in dark) / (often shot-thru with parallel wave-like lines) composed of all previous shapes and...

    Persian Series #5
  • 1932
    The Cradles

    The Cradles

    The Cradles

    6.31932HD

    A woman rocks a cradle; a man comes to land from the sea, but leaves to view it from a distance.

    The Cradles
  • 1996
    Prelude 13

    Prelude 13

    Prelude 13

    61996HD

    Singly-printed multi-colored watery "blobs" and "feathery" streaks of painted color, dominated by yellows and reds interweaving in complexity until...

    Prelude 13
  • 1996
    Prelude 8

    Prelude 8

    Prelude 8

    61996HD

    ...as removed as possible from any recognition of either exterior scene of interior feedback phenomena. It is, in its ineffability, as close to pure...

    Prelude 8
  • 2008
    Passing

    Passing

    Passing

    02008HD

    A film searching for life.

    Passing
  • 1964
    Sabath

    Sabath

    Sabath

    01964HD

    Short experimental 16mm film.

    Sabath
  • 2023
    Cotton Candy Chocolate River

    Cotton Candy Chocolate River

    Cotton Candy Chocolate River

    02023HD

    You and AI at the end of the world.

    Cotton Candy Chocolate River
  • 1988
    The Balcony

    The Balcony

    The Balcony

    01988HD

    The lives of people are observed within the confines of one, twenty-two story high rise apartment complex and its adjacent courtyard in Trump...

    The Balcony
  • 2012
    Collector

    Collector

    Collector

    02012HD

    An experimental short by Tao Zhou.

    Collector
  • 2010
    The Suppliant

    The Suppliant

    The Suppliant

    62010HD

    Filmed in 2003 while staying in a Brooklyn Heights apartment, the work centers on a small Greek statue revealed in shifting morning and afternoon...

    The Suppliant
  • 1951
    On the Edge

    On the Edge

    On the Edge

    5.71951HD

    In this fragile yet frightening poetic fantasy set against a dark industrial landscape, a woman sits knitting on the porch of her home when a man...

    On the Edge
  • 2017
    Tokyo

    Tokyo

    Tokyo

    02017HD

    A short film spelling Tokyo in hiragana.

    Tokyo
  • 1973
    Global Groove

    Global Groove

    Global Groove

    7.71973HD

    Global Groove was a collaborative piece by Nam June Paik and John Godfrey. Paik, amongst other artists who shared the same vision in the 1960s, saw...

    Global Groove
  • 2015
    A Man from Manchuria

    A Man from Manchuria

    A Man from Manchuria

    3.52015HD

    The story tracks the unhealthy and abusive relationship between an unnamed man and his wife in the days following his return to north eastern...

    A Man from Manchuria
  • 2023
    No Ball Games

    No Ball Games

    No Ball Games

    02023HD

    In this cyclical fever dream, a woman struggles to win over the crowd.

    No Ball Games
  • 2018
    Sneyd Green

    Sneyd Green

    Sneyd Green

    62018HD

    It’s any day, any year in the house of Alan and Vera Ellis in their Post-Industrial English conurbation formerly known for their world renown...

    Sneyd Green
  • 1999
    Persian Series #4

    Persian Series #4

    Persian Series #4

    5.91999HD

    Elaborate petal-like and multicolored flowers rising in white space until the whole field is as if crushed by floral designs in madly-swift mixtures...

    Persian Series #4
  • 1966
    Ming Green

    Ming Green

    Ming Green

    5.61966HD

    This portrait of the filmmaker's apartment, painted in the color of the title, was made a few months before his departure from New York. It...

    Ming Green
  • 2026
    Electric Mushrooms

    Electric Mushrooms

    Electric Mushrooms

    102026HD

    As the Cheshire Cat once said: Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality. This is Electric Mushrooms...

    Electric Mushrooms