Avant Garde Movies

  • 2018
    Frozen Ghosts

    Frozen Ghosts

    Frozen Ghosts

    02018HD

    This is an abstract film of a dream. It is a dream of paranoia, schizophrenia, manic-depression, and anxiety.

    Frozen Ghosts
  • 1972
    The Dreamer That Remains: A Portrait of Harry Partch

    The Dreamer That Remains: A Portrait of Harry Partch

    The Dreamer That Remains: A Portrait of Harry Partch

    51972HD

    The Dreamer That Remains is a documentary produced by Betty Freeman and directed by Stephen Pouliot in 1972. Here is the director’s original...

    The Dreamer That Remains: A Portrait of Harry Partch
  • 2020
    at her heels a stone

    at her heels a stone

    at her heels a stone

    02020HD

    An essay on the brutality of beauty and innocence in a hostile world.

    at her heels a stone
  • 2019
    Trópico violeta

    Trópico violeta

    Trópico violeta

    02019HD

    Women, landscapes and manifestations of color meet experimentally with the possibilities of the artisanal copying technique on 16mm.

    Trópico violeta
  • 1969
    Bride in the Bath

    Bride in the Bath

    Bride in the Bath

    01969HD

    "From the 1969 exhibition, Bride in the Bath is shown in its sculptural form – a life cast of a model's body lying back in a bath and draped in...

    Bride in the Bath
  • 2008
    Untitled

    Untitled

    Untitled

    02008HD

    A minimalist monochromatic film frame is projected through a glass pane fogged via a humidification system. The planular drift of the projected frame...

    Untitled
  • 2002
    Fumble

    Fumble

    Fumble

    02002HD

    A film interpretation of a poem by Vincent Katz.

    Fumble
  • 1999
    Merger

    Merger

    Merger

    01999HD

    A disgruntled bank teller’s system before the mornings commute.

    Merger
  • 2010
    Envío 24

    Envío 24

    Envío 24

    52010HD

    Filmed in London, sent to Paris. For Helga Fanderl. "Dear Helga, today I have recieved a postcard from Chile. Shaking folds and tearing invisible...

    Envío 24
  • 2016
    An Early Spring Afternoon, A Piece of Distant Memory

    An Early Spring Afternoon, A Piece of Distant Memory

    An Early Spring Afternoon, A Piece of Distant Memory

    02016HD

    Using the unstability of digital to pursue the unstability of film.

    An Early Spring Afternoon, A Piece of Distant Memory
  • 2018
    Sneyd Green

    Sneyd Green

    Sneyd Green

    62018HD

    It’s any day, any year in the house of Alan and Vera Ellis in their Post-Industrial English conurbation formerly known for their world renown...

    Sneyd Green
  • 2018
    A 180-Degree Revolving Cliff

    A 180-Degree Revolving Cliff

    A 180-Degree Revolving Cliff

    02018HD

    The wife lost her sense of time in the loops of life, becoming the gears of social machinery. The husband is a writer who has the spirit of...

    A 180-Degree Revolving Cliff
  • 2018
    Half Asleep

    Half Asleep

    Half Asleep

    02018HD

    One room, two half bodies, a silent relationship.

    Half Asleep
  • 2009
    Mutual Exercise

    Mutual Exercise

    Mutual Exercise

    02009HD

    I and other person, we exercise the daily movements by moving each other's body.

    Mutual Exercise
  • 1978
    Shrinking of the Sun

    Shrinking of the Sun

    Shrinking of the Sun

    01978HD

    An experimental short.

    Shrinking of the Sun
  • 2011
    Dawn Surf Jellybowl Film

    Dawn Surf Jellybowl Film

    Dawn Surf Jellybowl Film

    02011HD

    16mm film negative sanded with surfboard shaping tools, sex wax melted on, squirted, dripped, splashed, sprayed and rubbed with donuts, zinc oxide,...

    Dawn Surf Jellybowl Film
  • 1969
    You Speak of Flins

    You Speak of Flins

    You Speak of Flins

    01969HD

    A group of leftist activists expose the exploitation of immigrant workers by a criminal network with connections to local government officials. The...

    You Speak of Flins
  • 1978
    Interieur Interiors (To A-K)

    Interieur Interiors (To A-K)

    Interieur Interiors (To A-K)

    01978HD

    Changes of spatial relationships, scales, locations, and materials are intimated with recognisable clues which nevertheless do not always eliminate...

    Interieur Interiors (To A-K)
  • 1999
    Incorrect Continuity

    Incorrect Continuity

    Incorrect Continuity

    01999HD

    “Sequences of space-time manipulation that raise the problem of continuity in the shot.” - Yo Ota

    Incorrect Continuity
  • 2000
    Incorrect Intermittence

    Incorrect Intermittence

    Incorrect Intermittence

    02000HD

    “This film offers a metacinematic study of tempo and change and a figure of velocity. […] Ota recorded [three different locations in...

    Incorrect Intermittence