Stan VanDerBeek Movies
- 1960
Black and White, Day and Night
Black and White, Day and Night01960HD
"A 'drawn' film, with images that are constantly changing, drawings of landscapes that keep escaping, traces of faces, everything is almost what it...
- 1965
Facescapes
Facescapes01965HD
- 1977
Vanishing Point Left
Vanishing Point Left01977HD
In Vanishing Point Left, the "vanishing point" is an analogy for the metaphysics of watching the video screen, which assumes such forms as a mandala,...
- 1972
Symmetricks
Symmetricks01972HD
Against a black background and a pulsating beat matching white symmetrical geometric flashes around a central orb, white lines are drawn in mirror...
- 1967
Image After Image
Image After Image01967HD
Optically-printed film and computer graphics synthesis. 16mm, color, silent, 4:40 min.
- 1966
Movie-Drome
Movie-Drome01966HD
Influenced by Buckminster Fuller’s spheres, VanDerBeek had the idea for a spherical theater where people would lie down and experience movies...
- 1966
Collide: Oscope
Collide: Oscope01966HD
An experimental film
- 1977
Color Fields Left
Color Fields Left01977HD
A study in analog imaging and the relation of sound to image, Color Fields Left merges moving bands of color with electronic sounds in an...
- 1958
Wheeeels No. 1
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"Dedicated to Detroit and subtitled 'America on wheels.' A fantasy-farce on the car of everyday life. Everything is a vehicle, life is in motion,...
- 1970
Poem Field No. 8
Poem Field No. 801970HD
Poem Field No. 8 is an computer-animated short made in the Beflix programming language.
- 1970
Poem Field No. 6
Poem Field No. 601970HD
Poem Field No. 6 is an computer-animated short made in the Beflix programming language.
- 1970
Poem Field No. 4
Poem Field No. 401970HD
Poem Field No. 4 is an computer-animated short made in the Beflix programming language.
- 1967
Poemfield No. 1 (Blue Version)
Poemfield No. 1 (Blue Version)01967HD
To create his “Poemfields” (1965-71) series, VanDerBeek worked closely with computer scientist Ken Knowlton and the staff at Bell Labs....
- 1965
Movie-Movies
Movie-Movies01965HD
Experimental film that used handheld projectors to present film images and slide projections.
- 2000
Visual Velocity: The Work of Stan VanDerBeek
Visual Velocity: The Work of Stan VanDerBeek02000HD
Visual Velocity is a tribute to the pioneering work of Stan VanDerBeek. VanDerBeek was an experimental filmmaker, artist, animator, and media...
- 1968
Poem Field No. 5: Free Fall
Poem Field No. 5: Free Fall01968HD
COMPUTER ART SERIES is animated computer/graphic films. The series is called POEMFIELD. All of these films explore variations of poems, computer...
- 1972
Who Ho Rays No. 1
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"The shapes of sound filmed from a computer system that reproduces analog patterns from sounds. This pioneer work in animated computer mandalas is a...
- 1983
Micro Cosmos 1-4
Micro Cosmos 1-401983HD
In Micro Cosmos, a series of four short computer-animated works, the image of an orb is transformed into a pulsating, energetic evocaton of life...
- 1983
Self-Poured Traits
Self-Poured Traits01983HD
Self Poured Traits is a tongue-in-cheek self-examination set to the poetry of Kenneth Rexroth.
- 1983
Reeling in TV Time
Reeling in TV Time01983HD
In Reeling in TV Time, VanDerBeek experiments with imaging capabilities and early computer graphics.