Movies by Ken Jacobs
Bison
An Eternalism film.
Sleeping American
An Eternalism film.
Facade with Face
An Eternalism film.
Roots of Manhattan
An Eternalism film.
Reading Society
An Eternalism film.
Friendly Building
An Eternalism film.
Chinese New Years
An Eternalism film.
Duck
An Eternalism film.
Broadway Building
An Eternalism film.
Brick Building with Red and Green Windows
An Eternalism film.
DR. TOOTHY
An Eternalism film.
CRUSH
An Eternalism film.
RECIPROCAL
First two-cycle Eternalism. Interesting for the contrast of movements and depth configurations but also in indicating an end to the display and releasing the viewer, but with the option of repeating.
THE WHOLE SHEBANG
Black and white evokes nostalgia for The Great Depression. Things were so cheap, including lives. We see daredevils (desperate people) compete for money prizes. Baby prepares for WW2. [Originally a 70mm projection-performance, 1982, by Ken and Flo Jacobs. From THRILLS AND CHILLS (Castle Films, c. 1930)].
Things to Come
Jacobs’s hypnotic “3-D” adaptation of New York 1911, a long-forgotten Swedish documentary restored by MoMA in 2017, is representative of his current work.
Whirlpool
An Eternalism film.
Little Cobra Dance
Jack Smith descends a fire escape in a makeshift "Arabian" costume and improvises increasingly frenetic choreography.
Municipal Building Passage
An Eternalism film.
Street Commerce II
An Eternalism film.
Natural Collage
An Eternalism film.