The Whirled
Short Films and Mid-Lengths
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19m
Directed by Ken Jacobs | 19 mins | 2007
A collection of smaller silent segments by Brooklyn-born experimental filmmaker Ken Jacobs, made between 1956 and ’63. Screening as part of a selection of five experimental shorts from the Brooklyn-born Jacobs, one of the most wildly creative and influential film artists and teachers in the history of the medium. Selected by Harry Kroessler.
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Valentine's Day Girl
Directed by Ryan Trecartin | 7 mins | 2001
A Valentine’s Day-obsessed girl is gagged, bound, and subjected to a crazed, tinsel-strewn celebration of Christmas—a rival holiday!—in this gleefully frenetic early short from visionary video artist Trecartin, which stars his long-time collaborator Lizz... -
Window
Directed by Ken Jacobs | 12 mins | 1964
Jacobs, always interested in experiments in perception, uses his camera to contemplate the frame of a window and the exterior beyond, as he does conducting a scintillating experiment involving lenses and screens. Screening as part of a selection of five exp...
