Ken Jacobs Movies

40 minute 3D work.

An Eternalism film.

Using his trademark flicker method, Ken Jacobs pays homage to the oldest type of color film, Kodachrome (whose production was discontinued in 2009)...

An Eternalism film.

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

A story told by director Ken Jacobs but without conventional storyline. Using a modified magic lantern, an early type of image projector developed in...

A wholesome moment: Jonas Mekas, MM Serra, Ken Jacobs, and Flo Jacobs take lavender from a stranger's bush.

An Eternalism film.

"Flat image (of snowbound suburban housing tract) blossoms into 3D only when viewer places Eye Opener before the right eye. (Keeping both eyes open,...

This work is derived from one of Jacobs' Nervous Magic Lantern performances, which are created with a hand-manipulated projector and use neither film...

One of Ken Jacobs' Amorous Interludes

"The editing procedure was to count the number of shots and start the film off with the numerically middle shot and then, after that, the shot that...

Polaroid 3D short film by Ken Jacobs.

A young woman stands by a car while scenes from metropolitan life flash by.

An Eternalism film.

An Eternalism film.

First screened as part of Jacobs' "Nervous System" film performance, The Georgetown Loop is based on an archival film from 1903, which Jacobs pairs...

Early 20th-century street vendors push their carts loaded with vegetables. It is time for them to go. Little by little, the viewer discovers...

Spasm (2023, 13:41, digital)

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