Avant Garde Filmes

A love story recounted not by them, but by their belongings and surroundings.

A foolish shadow attempts to behave like a real entity but the irony takes place

This provocative short film explores women's power, force and passion through an enigmatic series of images, erotic performances and tableaux vivant....

Video (color, sound) | Media and Performance

Video (color, sound) | Media and Performance

Made up of piano, this shows Basinski's patented tape-loop technique perfectly and still stands as one of his most affecting pieces of music; still...

The Black Film Series, a sequence of seven films made between 1965-69, is a primitive, sensory exploration of the medium, which ranges from total...

"A springtime Fantasy," everything comes joyfully together in mirthful mythic warmth as Bird Lad's white line on black background richly sprouts,...

1965, black- and-white, 8 min., double-screen projection.

Judith Wardwell’s satirical take on America’s sanitation obsession and sexually repressive Puritanism

Beginning in 1965 with Black Is, Tambellini launched a series of politically charged experimental films that explore the expressive possibilities of...

A vivid sampler of the great Barcelona architect-sculptor’s work in situ, Sokoloff constantly is seeking out the most anthropomorphic images...

"Fears and thrills... Part structure (the centerpoint): part improvisation."

An 1962 Avant-Garde Comedy by George Kuchar.

(1970) color; 3 min.

(1970) color; 5 min

The film frame sometimes seems to function as a rug-like rectangle into or onto which the lover steps. Filmed in Orselina, Switzerland after reading...

The film began as a record of the painter Joseph Glin and his series of paintings inspired by "La Maison Des Mortes" by Guillaume Apollinaire. After...

The story of Jacob wrestling the angel at the stream called Jabbok.

1 minute, color, silent 16mm