Ken Jacobs Movies

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

2021, 6:23, digital. Part of the Nervous Magic Lantern films.

An Eternalism 3-D film by Ken Jacobs

An Eternalism film.

A stereo-photo of an ocean wave slowly turns and churns. The hidden forces of Cinema conspire with an instant of history to produce actions that...

3D film by Ken Jacobs

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

An Eternalism film.

An Eternalism film.

“The film said something necessary at the time: the numinous is everywhere, even upstate Rust Belt Binghamton. The light was perfect, students...

An Eternalism film.

One of Ken Jacobs' Amorous Interludes

3D eternalism by Ken Jacobs

An Eternalism film.

Jacobs documents the work of artist Ronald Gonzalez in his Binghamton, NY home and studio space. Producing more of an abstract portrait than a...

An unfinished 8mm film from 1964

An Eternalism film.

Experimental short film.

Co-made with Nisi Ariana

Ken Jacobs short film