Abstract Movies

A pioneer of visual music and electronic art, Mary Ellen Bute produced over a dozen short abstract animations between the 1930s and the 1950s. Set to...

Mamori transports us into a black-and-white universe of fluid shapes, dappled and striated with shadows and light, where the texture of the visuals...

An abstract animation with a motif of a dragonfly, and a complex multi-exposure landscape of a field and a woman's naked body overlap.

This newly rediscovered short was created in Jim's home studio in Bethesda, MD around 1961. It is one of several experimental shorts inspired by the...

Estranged lovers reconnect through the power of the Magic Conch Shell.

An abstract animated film inspired by the work of jazz musician Chico Hamilton.

Experimental short film of colors and lights. Silence.

A hand moves gently, its presence shifts continuously.

A short, abstract look at the effects of repetition on the human mind.

A short film about the abstract processes of light becoming a physical form in the landscape.

Jane Conger Belson Shimane's first film, Logos, premiered in 1957 and was screened at festivals in North America, Europe, and Latin America. The...

The second film in the Phosphenes series.

A condensation of a handful of sunsets with various visual moods. Red and blue as opposites that still find a way to cohere. Concrete silhouettes...

Quiet reflections at the end of the season.

In 1944 Lye moved to New York City, initially to direct for the documentary newsreel The March of Time. He settled in the West Village, where he...

An abstract horror artefact conceptualising trans doubt and dysphoria as a physically invasive force - a virus....

A short animation about identity.

Abstract horror short about a girl's face.

Thirty-six layers of water aligned to create a perfect circle. 1 of 2