ABSTRACT FILMS
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1/ ABSOLUTE (ABSTRACT) FILMS
2/ ABSTRACT (SEMI-ABSTRACT) FILMS
3/ (SEMI)ABSTRACT SEQUENCES (DETAILS) IN PREVALENTLY NON-ABSTRACT FILMS
4/ ABSTRACT SCENOGRAPHY
5/ META-ABSTRACT FILMS
6/ SPEAKING ABOUT ABSTRACTION
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1/ ABSOLUTE (ABSTRACT) FILMS
— — — — — 1910s
1911
G > Gi | The Dance (Arnaldo Ginna, Bruno Corra, 11 min, lost)
G > Gi | The Rainbow (Arnaldo Ginna, Bruno Corra, 11 min, lost)
G > Gi | Flowers (Arnaldo Ginna, Bruno Corra, lost)
G > Gi | Song of Spring (Arnaldo Ginna, Bruno Corra, lost)
G > Gi | Study of the Effects of Four Colors, Two Complementary Pairs (Arnaldo Ginna, Bruno Corra, lost)
G > Gi | A Chord of Color (Arnaldo Ginna, Bruno Corra, 10 min, lost)
— — — — — 1920s
1921
R > Ri | Rhythmus 21 (Hans Richter, 3 min) #B&W
R > Ru | Opus I (Walter Ruttmann, 10 min)
1922
R > Ru | Opus II (Walter Ruttmann, 4 min)
1923
R > Ri | Rhythmus 23 (Hans Richter, 4 min) #B&W
1924
E > Eg | Symphonie Diagonale (Viking Eggeling, 8 min) #B&W
R > Ru | Opus III (Walter Ruttmann, 3 min)
1925
C > Ch | Games on Reflection and Speed | Jeux des reflets et de la vitesse (Henri Chomette, 8 min) #B&W
R > Ru | Opus IV (Walter Ruttmann, 4 min)
1926
D > Du | Anémic cinéma (Marcel Duchamp, 7 min) #B&W
F > Fi | Spirals (Oskar Fischinger, 6 min) #B&W
1927
F > Fi | R-1: Ein Formspiel (Oskar Fischinger, 8 min)
F > Fi | Wax Experiments | Wachsexperimente (Oskar Fischinger, 6 min) #B&W
— — — — — 1930s
1933
F > Fi | Circles | Kreise (Oskar Fischinger, 3 min)
1935
F > Fi | Composition in Blue | Komposition in blau (Oskar Fischinger, 4 min)
1936
F > Fi | Allegretto (Oskar Fischinger, 3 min)
1937
C > Cr | Glen Falls Sequence (Douglass Crockwell, 8 min)
F > Fi | An Optical Poem (Oskar Fischinger, 6 min)
N > Ne | Parábola (Rutherford Boyd, Mary E. Bute, Bill Nemeth, Ted Nemeth, 9 min)
— — — — — 1940s
1940
G > Gr | Composition 1: Themis (Dwinell Grant, 4 min)
L > Ly | Swinging the Lambeth Walk (Len Lye, 4 min)
M > Mc | Dots (Norman McLaren, 3 min)
N > Ne | Tarantella (Mary Ellen Bute, Ted Nemeth, 4 min)
1941
G > Gr | Composition 2: Contrathemis (Dwinell Grant, 4 min)
1942
F > Fi | Color Rhythm (Oskar Fischinger, 3 min)
F > Fi | Radio Dynamics (Oskar Fischinger, 4 min)
W > Wh | Variations on a Circle (James Whitney, 6 min)
1943
G > Gr | Color Sequence (Dwinell Grant, 2 min)
1947
F > Fi | Motion Painting No. 1 (Oskar Fischinger, 11 min)
1948
D > Da | Light Reflections (Jim Davis, 8 min)
1949
M > Mc | Begone Dull Care (Evelyn Lambart, Norman McLaren, 8 min)
— — — — — 1950s
1957
W > Wh | Yantra (James Whitney, 8 min)
1958
L > Ly | Free Radicals (Len Lye, 4 min) #B&W
L > Ly | Tal Farlow (Len Lye, 2 min)
— — — — — 1960s
1960
K > Ku | Arnulf Rainer (Peter Kubelka, 7 min) #B&W
1961
B > Be | Allures (Jordan Belson, 8 min)
B > Br | Blazes (Robert Breer, 3 min)
M > Me | Eye Music in Red Major (Marie Menken, 6 min)
W > Wh | Catalog (John Whitney, 7 min)
1962
M > Mc | Lines: Horizontal (Norman McLaren, Evelyn Lambart, 6 min)
1964
H > Hi | Divination (Storm de Hirsch, 5 min)
P > Pa | Zen for Film (Nam June Paik, 8 min) #B&W
1965
C > Co | The Flicker (Tony Conrad, 30 min) #B&W
J > Jo | The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics (Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble, 10 min)
M > Mc | Mosaic | Mosaïque (Norman McLaren, Evelyn Lambart, 5 min)
W > Wi | The Creation (Lloyd M. Williams, 2 min)
1966
C > Ca | Blink (John Cavanaugh, 3 min) #B&W
H > He | Op Hop / Hop O (Pierre Hébert, 4 min) #B&W
H > He | Opus 3 (Pierre Hébert, 7 min) #B&W
L > Ly | Particles in Space (Len Lye, 4 min) #B&W
M > Ma | Artype (George Maciunas, 3 min) #B&W
M > Me | Lights (Marie Menken, 7 min)
S > Sh | Dots 1&2 (Paul Sharits, 1 min) #B&W
W > Wh | Lapis (James Whitney, 10 min)
W > Wh | Permutations (John Whitney, 7 min)
1967
B > Be | Samadhi (Jordan Belson, 6 min)
F > Fr | Heterodyne (Hollis Frampton, 7 min) #B&W
R > Re | Transition (Aggy Read, 2 min) #B&W
T > Th | Bluto (Albie Thoms, 5 min)
T > Th | Moon Virility (Albie Thoms, 3 min)
1968
B > Be | Phenomena (Jordan Belson, 15 min)
H > He | Around Perception (Pierre Hébert, 16 min)
1969
B > Br | 69 (Robert Breer, 5 min)
— — — — — 1970s
1970
C > Ch | Bars | Mříže (Dalibor Chatrný, Alois Piňos, 11 min) #B&W
C > Ch | Genesis (Dalibor Chatrný, Alois Piňos, 8 min) #B&W
C > Ch | Static Composition | Statická kompozice (Dalibor Chatrný, Alois Piňos, 14 min) #B&W
1971
R > Rh | Dresden Dynamo (Lis Rhodes, 5 min)
R > Ro | Test 1 (Jozef Robakowski, 5 min) #B&W
S > Sc | Ufos (Lillian F. Schwartz, 3 min)
1975
B > Br | The Water Circle (James Broughton, 3 min)
W > Wh | Arabesque (John Whitney, 7 min)
1977
H > Hi | Electronic Linguistic (Gary Hill, 4 min) #B&W
1978
S > Sc | Newtonian I (Lillian F. Schwarz, 4 min)
S > Sc | Newtonian II (Lillian F. Schwarz, 5 min)
— — — — — 1980s
1980
L > Le | Trama (Christin Lebrant, 12 min)
1984
B > Be | Fountain of Dreams (Jordan Belson, 8 min)
J > Jo | Rectangle and Rectangles | Rectangle et Rectangles (René Jodoin, 8 min)
1986
B > Br | Night Music (Stan Brakhage, 1 min)
1987
B > Br | The Dante Quartet (Stan Brakhage, 6 min)
B > Br | Loud Visual Noises (Stan Brakhage, 3 min)
S > Sm | Early Abstractions (Harry Smith, 23 min)
1988
B > Br | Rage Net (Stan Brakhage, 1 min)
1989
S > Si | Impressions en haute atmosphère (José A. Sistiaga, 6 min)
— — — — — 1990s
1991
B > Br | Delicacies of Molten Horror Synapse (Stan Brakhage, 10 min)
F > Fo | Abstract film en couleurs (Cécile Fontaine, 3 min)
1992
C > Ca | Scraps Brakhage Stolen (Canecapovolto, 5 min)
1993
B > Br | Stellar (Stan Brakhage, 2 min)
B > Br | Study in Color and Black and White (Stan Brakhage, 3 min)
1994
B > Br | Black Ice (Stan Brakhage, 3 min)
1997
B > Be | Mysterious Journey (Jordan Belson, 29 min)
B > Br | Yggdrasill: Whose Roots Are Stars in the Human Mind (Stan Brakhage, 17 min)
R > Ro | Baglight (Rock Ross, 4 min)
1999
B > Br | The Dark Tower (Stan Brakhage, 2 min)
— — — — — 2000s
2001
A > Ar | Urbandale (Cory Arcangel, 8 min)
B > Br | Love Song (Stan Brakhage, 11 min)
B > Br | Persian Series #13-18 (Stan Brakhage, 8 min)
H > Ho | The Light Touch Dust Nebula (Courtney Hoskins, 5 min)
H > Ho | Munkphilm (Courtney Hoskins, 4 min)
L > Le | All Over (Emmanuel Lefrant, 7 min)
L > Le | Underground (Emmanuel Lefrant, 8 min)
2002
B > Bl | Study 8 | Studie 8 (Martin Blažíček, 4 min) #B&W
L > Le | Saraban (Emmanuel Lefrant, 6 min)
L > Le | Still Frames (Emmanuel Lefrant, 4 min)
R > Ra | Elez (Mikaël Rabetrano, 2 min) #B&W
2005
K > Kn | Accelerated Lines (Manuel Knapp, 5 min) #B&W
K > Kn | Interferenzen (Manuel Knapp, 11 min) #B&W
2006
D > De | Black and White | Noir et blanc (Tacita Dean, 4 min) #B&W
K > Kn | Visibility of Interim (Manuel Knapp, 15 min) #B&W
L > Le | Blitz (Emmanuel Lefrant, 6 min)
L > Le | Overall (Emmanuel Lefrant, 5 min)
2007
B > Br | Quiet Chaos of Desire (Carl E. Brown, 3 min)
K > Kn | Distorted Areas (Manuel Knapp, 5 min) #B&W
2008
K > Kn | Stroboscopic Noise (Manuel Knapp, 10 min) #B&W
2009
L > Le | Parties visible et invisible d’un ensemble sous tension (Emmanuel Lefrant, 7 min)
— — — — — 2010s
2010
T > Tu | Flyscreen (Richard Tuohy, 8 min) #B&W
2011
B > Bu | Monoscope No. 3 (monkeyking legend) | Monoskop No. 3 (opičí král) (Martin Búřil, 7 min)
M > Ma | Optra Field VII-IX (T. Marie, 12 min)
P > Pe | Phenomenon (1/3) | Jev (1/3) (Kryštof Pešek, 7 min) #B&W
Q > Qu | Partitura 001 (Abstract Birds, Quayola, 3 min)
2012
G > Ge | Auto-Collider XV (Ernie Gehr, 9 min)
K > Kn | Voidov (Manuel Knapp, 14 min) #B&W
S > So | Burning Star (Josh Solondz, 4 min)
2013
G > Ge | Brooklyn Series (Ernie Gehr, 8 min)
F > Fo | Star Light No. 5 BIS (Cécile Fontaine, 6 min)
V > Ve | Gray Keys (Carlo Vega, 2 min) #B&W
2014
Z > Za | [A]SPHX (Petr Zábrodský, 6 min)
2015
M > Me | Iconostasi (Morgan Menegazzo, Mariachiara Pernisa, 15 min)
M > Me | Rothkonite (Morgan Menegazzo, Mariachiara Pernisa, 2 min)
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2/ ABSTRACT (SEMI-ABSTRACT) FILMS
— — — — — 1900s
1906
S > Sm | Tartans of Scottish Clans (George A. Smith, 1 min)
— — — — — 1920s
1923
R > Ra | Return to Reason | Le retour à la raison (Man Ray, 3 min) #B&W
1926
R > Ri | Film Study | Filmstudie (Hans Richter, 4 min)
1927
F > Fi | Spiritual Constructions | Seelische Konstruktionen (Oskar Fischinger, 10 min) #B&W
1928
D > Du | Disque 957 (Germaine Dulac, 6 min) #B&W
R > Ri | Inflation (Hans Richter, 8 min) #B&W
1929
L > Ly | Tusalava (Len Lye, 9 min) #B&W
— — — — — 1930s
1930
H > Ha | Aimless Walk | Bezúčelná procházka (Alexander Hammid, 9 min) #B&W
M > Mo | Lightplay: Black-White-Gray | Lichtspiel: Schwarz-Weiss-Grau (László Moholy-Nagy, 6 min) #B&W
R > Ru | Weekend (Walter Ruttmann, 10 min)
1931
P > Pi | V > Va | The Light Penetrates the Dark | Světlo proniká tmou (Otakar Vávra, František Pilát, 4 min) #B&W
1934
N > Ne | Rhythm in Light (Mary E. Bute, Ted Nemeth, Melville Webber, 5 min)
1935
L > Ly | A Colour Box (Len Lye, 4 min)
L > Ly | Kaleidoscope (Len Lye, 4 min)
F > Fi | Muratti Privat (Oskar Fischinger, 4 min)
N > Ne | Synchromy No. 2 (Mary E. Bute, Ted Nemeth, 5 min)
1936
D > Do | The Play of Bubbles | Hra bublinek (Karel Dodal, Irena Dodalová, Hermína Týrlová, 3 min) #B&W
L > Ly | Rainbow Dance (Len Lye, 4 min)
N > Ne | Dada (Mary E. Bute, Ted Nemeth, 2 min) #B&W
1937
L > Ly | Color Flight (Len Lye, 4 min)
L > Ly | Trade Tattoo (Len Lye, 5 min)
N > Ne | Syncrhomy No. 4: Escape (Mary E. Bute, Bill Nemeth, Ted Nemeth, 4 min)
1939
L > Le | Thaumaturgic Eye | Divotvorné oko (Jiří Lehovec, 10 min)
N > Ne | Spook Sport (Norman McLaren, Mary E. Bute, Ted Nemeth, 8 min)
— — — — — 1940s
1941
F > Fi | An American March (Oskar Fischinger, 3 min)
1944
M > Mc | Alouette (Norman McLaren, René Jodoin, 2 min) #B&W
1946
M > Mc | Hoppity Pop (Norman McLaren, 2 min)
1947
M > Mc | Fiddle-de-dee (Norman McLaren, 3 min)
1948
M > Mc | Boogie-Doodle (Norman McLaren, 4 min)
— — — — — 1950s
1950
D > Da | Landscape (Jim Davis, 7 min)
1951
I > Is | Venom and Eternity (Isidore Isou, 120 min) #B&W
W > Wh | Celery Stalks at Midnight (John Whitney, 3 min)
1952
B > Be | Bop-Scotch (Jordan Belson, 3 min)
B > Br | Form Phases I (Robert Breer, 2 min)
W > We | Study II: Hallucinations | Studie II: Hallucinationer (Peter Weiss, 6 min) #B&W
1953
P > Pe | Daybreak Express (D. A. Pennebaker, 5 min)
1954
B > Br | Form Phases IV (Robert Breer, 3 min)
M > Ma | Closed Vision (Marc’O, 62 min) #B&W
1955
M > Mc | Blinkity Blank (Norman McLaren, 5 min)
1956
B > Br | Recreation (Robert Breer, 2 min)
D > Da | Variations on a Theme (Jim Davis, 10 min)
M > Mc | Rythmetic (Evelyn Lambart, Norman McLaren. 9 min)
1957
B > Br | A Man and His Dog Out for Air (Robert Breer, 3 min) #B&W
P > Pa | Cinéforms | Kineformy (Andrzej Pawłowski, 6 min)
1958
C > Co | Electronic Poem | Poème électronique (Edgard Varèse, Le Corbusier, 8 min)
M > Mc | Blackbird | Le Merle (Norman McLaren, 4 min)
M > Ma | Colors are Dreaming | Boje sanjaju (Dušan Makavejev, 8 min)
W > Wa | Somnambulists | Somnambulicy (Mieczyslaw Waskowski, 9 min)
1959
M > Mc | Short and Suite (Norman McLaren, 5 min)
V > Va | Astral Man: An Illuminated Poem (Stan Vanderbeek, 3 min)
— — — — — 1960s
1960
G > Gr | Winter | Invierno (Eugenio Granell, 5 min)
K > Kr | 3/60: Trees in Autumn | 3/60: Bäume im Herbst (Kurt Kren, 5 min) #B&W
M > Ma | An Adventure in Stripes | Przygoda w paski (Alina Maliszewska, 10 min)
M > Mc | Lines: Vertical (Evelyn Lambart, Norman McLaren, 6 min)
V > Va | Black and Whites, Days and Nights (Stan Vanderbeek, 5 min) #B&W
1961
G > Gr | Rain | Lluvia (Eugenio Granell, 2 min)
W > Wi | Opus 5 (Lloyd M. Williams, 5 min)
1962
I > Ii | Love | Ai (Takahiko Iimura, 10 min) #B&W
S > Sm | Heaven and Earth Magic (Harry Smith, 66 min) #B&W
U > Ur | Playthings | Igraszki (Kazimierz Urbanski, 6 min)
1963
B > Br | Mothlight (Stan Brakhage, 4 min) #B&W
N > Ne | Plastic Haircut (Robert Nelson, 15 min) #B&W
1964
K > Ku | Electronics in the World of Tomorrow (Erkki Kurenniemi, 5 min)
L > Li | Free Fall (Arthur Lipsett, 10 min)
M > Me | Bolex Peyote Bardo (Ben van Meter, 12 min)
1965
C > Co | Ten Second Film (Bruce Conner, 1 min) #B&W
H > Hi | Peyote Queen (Storm de Hirsch, 9 min)
S > Sc | Viet Flakes (Carolee Schneemann, 8 min)
V > Va | Elsa la Rose (Agnès Varda, 20 min) #B&W
1966
B > Ba | Castro Street (Bruce Baillie, 10 min)
B > Ba | The Cut Ups (Antony Balch, William S. Burroughs, 20 min) #B&W
H > Hi | Death in the Forenoon (Jerome Hill, 2 min)
J > Jo | Notes on a Triangle (René Jodoin, 5 min)
M > Ma | The Death of the Gorilla (Peter Mays, 16 min)
M > Ma | End After 9 (George Maciunas, 2 min) #B&W
M > Ma | 10 Feet (George Maciunas, 1 min) #B&W
M > Ma | 1000 Frames (George Maciunas, 1 min) #B&W
M > Me | S. F. Trips Festival: An Opening (Ben van Meter, 9 min)
N > Ni | The Magic Sun (Phill Niblock, 17 min) #B&W
P > Pe | Halfone (David E. Perry, 4 min) #B&W
R > Ri | 9 Minutes (James Riddle, 10 min) #B&W
S > Sh | Piece Mandala / End War (Paul Sharits, 5 min)
S > Sh | Word Movie (Paul Sharits, 4 min)
1967
A > Ab | Be-In (Jerry Abrams, 7 min)
I > Ii | White Calligraphy (Takahiko Iimura, 19 min) #B&W
S > Sh | Fuses (Carolee Schneemann, 22 min)
S > Si | Ars Poetica (Khosrow Sinai, 12 min) #B&W
N > Ne | Lines Dots | Kreski kropki (Wladyslaw Nehrebecki, 6 min)
1968
A > Ab | Eyetoon (Jerry Abrams, 8 min)
F > Fr | Maxwell’s Demon (Hollis Frampton, 24 min)
G > Go | Film-Tract N° 1968 (Gérard Fromanger, Jean-Luc Godard, 3 min)
H > Hi | The Canaries (Jerome Hill, 4 min)
N > Ne | Grateful Dead (Robert Nelson, 7 min)
R > Re | Stealing Sun and Moon (Sándor Reisenbüchler, 12 min)
S > Sc | Exclamation Mark | Wykrzyknik (Stefan Schabenbeck, 5 min) #B&W
S > Sh | T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G (Paul Sharits, 12 min)
T > Ta | Black TV (Aldo Tambellini, 10 min) #B&W
W > Wi | Psych-burn (J. X. Williams, 3 min)
1969
B > Ba | Merry-Go-Round No. 1 | Veselaya karusel N. 1 (Galina Barinova, 2 min)
B > Ba | Moon 1969 (Scott Bartlett, 15 min)
F > Fr | Carrots and Peas (Hollis Frampton, 5 min)
L > Le | Note to pati (Saul Levine, 8 min)
M > Ma | Tsouf (Thodoros Marangos, 6 min) #B&W
M > Mc | Spheres (Norman McLaren, René Jodoin, 7 min)
P > Pa | Beatles Electroniques (Nam June Paik, Jud Yalkut, 3 min)
R > Ra | Sircus Show Fyre (Al Razutis, 9 min)
U > Un | Introduction to Oobieland I (Walter Ungerer, 10 min)
— — — — — 1970s
1972
B > Br | Zip Tone Cat Tune (Bill Brand, 5 min)
V > Va | Symmetricks (Stan VanderBeek, 6 min) #B&W
W > Wo | Throbs (Fred Worden, 7 min)
1974
S > Sc | The Flight of Icarus | Le vol d’lcare (George Schwizgebel, 3 min)
1975
M > Ma | Everything Visible Is Empty | Siki soku ze ku (Toshio Matsumoto, 8 min)
1976
T > Ti | Visus (Péter Tímár, 18 min)
1977
C > Cl | Mandala (Art Clokey, 7 min)
1978
B > Be | Icon (Joseph Bernard, 6 min)
B > Be | White Film (Joseph Bernard, 5 min)
1979
B > Be | Ritual (Joseph Bernard, 3 min)
B > Br | T.Z. (Robert Breer, 8 min)
F > Fr | Dream I: Matrix (Hollis Frampton)
R > Ra | Ghost: Image (Al Razutis, 12 min)
— — — — — 1980s
1980
B > Be | Diversion (Joseph Bernard, 3 min)
B > Be | Splices for Sharits (Joseph Bernard, 6 min)
B > Be | 620 Commercial (Joseph Bernard, 9 min)
S > Sm | Mahagonny (Harry Smith, 141 min)
1981
B > Be | Drawings on Africa (Joseph Bernard, 2 min)
B > Be | Fugue (Joseph Bernard, 3 min)
B > Be | Intrigues (I) (Joseph Bernard, 4 min)
B > Be | Intrigues (IV) (Joseph Bernard, 2 min)
B > Be | Intriques (V) (Joseph Bernard, 3 min)
B > Be | Intrigues (VI) (Joseph Bernard, 5 min)
C > Co | Mea Culpa (Bruce Conner, 5 min) #B&W
E > En | Debbie Does ASCII (Clint Enns, 1 min)
M > Ma | Connection (Toshio Matsumoto, 9 min)
1982
B > Be | The Function of Film (Joseph Bernard, 8 min)
B > Be | Night Mix (Joseph Bernard, 11 min)
B > Br | Trial Balloons (Robert Breer, 5 min)
T > Ts | Erotique (Peter Tscherkassky, 2 min)
1983
B > Be | Film for Untitled Viewer (Joseph Bernard, 3 min)
B > Be | Variant Chants (Joseph Bernard, 16 min)
1984
B > Be | Common Air (Joseph Bernard, 13 min)
N > Ne | Cold | Katar (Hieronim Neumann, 5 min)
S > Sc | Stadt in Flammen (Schmelzdahin, 5 min)
T > Ts | Motion Picture: La sortie des Ouvrier de l’Usine Lumiére á Lyon (Peter Tscherkassky, 3 min)
1985
K > Ka | Reabracadabra (Eduard Kac, 1 min)
K > Kr | River Lethe (Amy Kravitz, 7 min) #B&W
S > Sc | Aria Striata (Jeff Scher, 3 min) #B&W
1986
F > Fo | Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe (Cécile Fontaine, 1 min)
K > Ka | Recaos (Eduard Kac, 1 min)
K > Ka | Tesão (Eduard Kac, 3 min)
W > Wi | Birds at Sunrise (Joyce Wieland, 10 min)
1987
G > Gr | Komma (Frédéric Grandpré, 3 min)
R > Re | Farewell Little Island | Isten veled kis sziget (Sándor Reisenbüchler, 13 min)
1988
K > Kr | Trap (Amy Kravitz, 5 min) #B&W
S > Sc | Schildmeyer Darlaten (Schmelzdahin, 9 min)
1989
K > Ko | Ecosystem-6: A Sort of Mycelium (Teruo Koike, 17 min)
O > On | 7362 (Pat O’Neill, 10 min)
R > Re | Rumpelstilzchen (Jürgen Reble, 15 min)
S > So | Remains to Be Seen (Phil Solomon, 17 min)
— — — — — 1990s
1990
B > Br | Long Eyes of Earth (Lawrence F. Brose, 12 min)
K > Ka | IO (Eduardo Kac, 1 min)
R > Re | Passion (Jürgen Reble, 55 min)
R > Re | Allegro vivace (Sándor Reisenbüchler, 5 min)
1991
F > Fo | Charlotte (Cécile Fontaine, 3 min)
S > Sn | To Lavoisier, Who Died in the Reign of Terror (Michael Snow, 52 min)
1992
T > Ts | Parallel Space: Inter-View (Peter Tscherkassky, 18 min)
W > Wh | A Personal Search For the Complementarity of Music and Visual Art (John Whitney, Mark Whitney, 27 min)
1993
B > Br | Air Cries “Empty Water” Pt. One: Misery Loves Company (Carl E. Brown, 60 min)
D > Do | Nature Trail (Karel Doing, 3 min)
L > Le | Z: Zee Not Zed (Saul Levine, 3 min)
R > Re | A Proven Partner | Ein Bewährter Partner (Jürgen Reble, 22 min) #B&W
1994
A > Ah | The Color of Love (Peggy Ahwesh, 10 min)
B > Bo | By the Lake | Au bord du lac (Patrick Bokanowski, 5 min)
K > Ka | Accident (Eduardo Kac, 1 min)
U > Un | A Warm Day Comes After a Long Winter (Walter Ungerer, 4 min)
1995
K > Ka | Piet Mondrian (Jacek Kasprzycki, 10 min)
M > Mc | Tack (Kate McCabe, 8 min)
N > Ne | Roots (Bärbel Neubauer, 4 min)
R > Re | The Girl’s Nervy (Jennifer T. Reeves, 5 min)
1996
D > De | Disappearance at Sea (Tacita Dean, 13 min)
D > Do | Rotary Factory / Recollection (Karel Doing, 45 min) #B&W
G > Ga | Hardwood Process (David Gatten, 14 min)
K > Ka | Letter (Eduardo Kac, 1 min)
1997
B > Br | The Cat of the Worms Green Realm (Stan Brakhage, 17 min)
B > Br | Commingled Containers (Stan Brakhage, 5 min)
C > Ch | Natural Baroque: The New Success of Film Industry | Barroco natural: El nuevo éxito de la industria del cine (Gustavo Charif, 7 min)
C > Cs | Dog with Emulsion | Emulzió kutya (László Csáki, 1997, 3 min) #B&W
S > Sc | Trigger Happy (Jeff Scher, 5 min) #B&W
U > Un | The Window (Walter Ungerer, 4 min)
1998
B > Bo | Flammes (Patrick Bokanowski, 4 min)
G > Gi | Transparencies | Trasparenze (Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci-Lucchi, 7 min)
K > Ka | Luminous Visions (Yoichiro Kawaguchi, 45 min)
K > Kr | Roost (Amy Kravitz, 4 min)
1999
M > Mc | Altered States (Glen McKay, 60 min)
S > So | Psalm II: Walking Distance (Phil Solomon, 23 min)
C > Cy | Site Visit (Maïa Cybelle-Carpenter, 10 min)
T > Ts | Outer Space (Peter Tscherkassky, 10 min) #B&W
— — — — — 2000s
2001
F > Fo | Christabel (James Fotopoulos, 74 min)
H > He | Her Glacial Speed (Eve Heller, 4 min) #B&W
T > Ts | Dream Work (Peter Tscherkassky, 11 min) #B&W
2002
G > Gi | Crossings (HC Gilje, 4 min)
P > Pi | Evaporation (Leighton Pierce, 10 min)
U > Un | Untitled 2.1.2 (Walter Ungerer, 10 min)
2003
F > Fr | Structural Filmwaste: Dissolution 1 (Siegfried Fruhauf, 4 min) #B&W
G > Gi | Shiva (HC Gilje, 8 min)
2004
C > Cl | Big Black Square (Paul Clipson, 6 min)
C > Cl | Bump Past Cut Up Through Windows (Paul Clipson, 5 min)
C > Cl | Put it on the Ground (Paul Clipson, 10 min)
M > Ma | Ebullition (Jodie Mack, 2 min)
2005
C > Cl | Two Suns (Paul Clipson, 20 min)
M > Me | Ariadne (Barbara Meter, 12 min)
T > Ts | Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine (Peter Tscherkassky, 17 min)
2006
C > Cl | Constellations (Paul Clipson, 7 min)
C > Cl | Constellations of Spring (Paul Clipson, 16 min)
C > Cl | Earthlight (Paul Clipson, 6 min)
C > Cl | The Lights & Perfections (Paul Clipson, 10 min)
C > Cl | Over Water (Paul Clipson, 6 min)
C > Cl | Watercolor Night Montage No. 7 (Paul Clipson, 9 min)
M > Ma | No Is E (Takashi Makino, 23 min)
R > Ra | Man Alone (S. J. Ramir, 3 min)
2007
C > Cl | Bend Sinister (Paul Clipson, 12 min)
C > Cl | Corridors (Paul Clipson, 25 min)
C > Cl | Echo Park (Paul Clipson, 9 min)
C > Cl | Passageways (Paul Clipson, 28 min)
C > Cl | The Phantom Harp (Paul Clipson, 21 min)
C > Cl | Sun Place (Paul Clipson, 7 min)
C > Cl | Tuolumne (Paul Clipson, 15 min)
K > Ka | Mental-Apocalypse Hacker’s Cut-up Chaos (Kaliptus, 22 min)
L > Le | Gyrostatis (Crash) (Jean B. Lenglet, 2 min)
R > Ra | Departure (S. J. Ramir, 3 min)
R > Ra | Taupiri (S. J. Ramir, 3 min) #B&W
S > Sc | Paper View (Jeff Scher, 2 min)
T > To | Light Work I (Jennifer Todd Reeves, 8 min)
2008
B > Br | Cathedral (Marco Brambilla, 9 min)
B > Bo | Solar Beats | Battements solaires (Patrick Bokanowski, 18 min)
C > Cl | Sphinx on the Seine (Paul Clipson, 9 min)
C > Cl | Within Mirrors (Paul Clipson, 21 min)
M > Me | A Touch | Aanraking (Barbara Meter, 13 min)
N > Na | E lei si scordò (Roberto Nanni, 10 min)
P > Ph | Capsicum (Deborah Phillips, 11 min)
R > Ra | Our Voices Are Mute (S. J. Ramir, 5 min)
S > Sc | Retouches (Georges Schwizgebel, 6 min)
S > So | Covert Hypnosis in Politics (Yoshi Sodeoka, 7 min) #B&W
S > So | Psychedelic Death Vomit (Yoshi Sodeoka, 5 min)
U > Ur | Idyll (Esther Urlus, 6 min)
W > Wo | 1859 (Fred Worden, 11 min)
2009
C > Cl | Chorus (Paul Clipson, 7 min)
K > Ka | Parasynthetic Lifeforms (Kaliptus, 2 min)
M > Ma | 010101 (T. Marie, 1 min)
R > Ra | Into Daylight (S. J. Ramir, 5 min)
— — — — — 2010s
2010
B > Be | Overture (Christopher Becks, 5 min)
B > Be | Black and Green Duotone (Jon Behrens, 2 min)
C > Cl | Light from the Mesa (Paul Clipson, 6 min)
C > Cl | Ruminant (Paul Clipson, 8 min)
C > Cl | Union (Paul Clipson, 15 min)
C > Cu | Shadow Puppet (Yi Cui, 5 min) #B&W
L > Li | Light Sleep (Péter Lichter, 7 min)
L > Le | Mamori (Karl Lemieux, 7 min)
L > Le | Trains (Karl Lemieux, 5 min) #B&W
M > Ma | Posthaste Perennial Pattern (Jodie Mack, 6 min)
M > Ma | Rad Plaid (Jodie Mack, 6 min)
M > Mi | 99 Clerkenwell Road (Sophie Michael, 8 min)
M > Mk | Telephoneme (MK12, 3 min)
P > Pa | Duration: Landscape, Cornfield | Paisaje – duración trigal (Lois Patiño, 14 min)
P > Pe | After the Fire | Après le feu (Jacques Perconte, 7 min)
T > To | Arsenic (Robert Todd, 12 min)
T > Ts | Coming Attractions (Peter Tscherkassky, 25 min) #B&W
2011
B > Bo | American Colour (Joshua Bonnetta, 25 min)
B > Bu | Faketrap (Peter Burr, 4 min)
C > Cl | Compound Eyes Nos. 1-5 (Paul Clipson, 27 min)
C > Cl | Ephemeris (Paul Clipson, 7 min)
C > Cl | Morphologies (Paul Clipson, 20 min)
C > Co | Dark Garden (Nick Collins, 9 min) #B&W
D > Do | Pixelación laboral (Chus Domínguez, 11 min)
J > Ji | Paint Showers (Miguel Jiron, 2 min)
L > La | Portrait de La Place Ville Marie (Alexandre Larose, 4 min)
L > La | The Pool (Christine L. Latimer, 4 min)
L > Le | Glitch in the Grid (Eric Leiser, 82 min)
L > Le | Light Licks: By the Waters of Babylon: I Want to Paint it Black (Saul Levine, 12 min)
L > Li | One Day I Forgot And Used My Hands (Charles Lim Yi Yong, 4 min)
L > Lo | Sugar Beach (Mark Loeser, 4 min)
M > Ma | Boro in the Box (Bertrand Mandico, 40 min)
M > Ma | Ars Colonia (Raya Martin, 1 min)
O > Ok | Allegory of Mrs. Triangle (Noriko Okaku, 7 min)
P > Pa | Duration: Landscape, Rocks | Paisaje – duración rocas (Lois Patiño, 4 min)
P > Po | Then (Atoosa Pour Hosseini, 5 min)
R > Ra | Disquiet (S. J. Ramir, 9 min)
R > Re | Landfill 16 (Jennifer T. Reeves, 8 min)
S > Sc | Matchstick (Jeff Scher, 5 min)
S > Sc | Stars and Stripes (Jeff Scher, 2 min)
S > So | Sibyl (Yoshi Sodeoka, 5 min)
S > So | Universe / Calibration (Yoshi Sodeoka, 2 min)
S > So | Violet Dark Spring of the Numinous Orb (Yoshi Sodeoka, 5 min)
S > Su | 9214 (Takahiro Suzuki, 6 min)
T > To | Imperceptihole (Robert Todd, Lori Felker, 14 min) #B&W
U > Ur | Audition (Esther Urlus, 4 min)
W > Wa | Poppy Fields Forever (John Warren, 2 min)
2012
B > Br | Creation: Megaplex (Marco Brambilla, 4 min)
B > Br | Memento Mori (Dan Browne, 28 min)
B > Bu | Alone with the Moon (Peter Burr, 13 min)
C > Cl | Absteigend (Paul Clipson, 7 min)
C > Cl | Another Void (Paul Clipson, 11 min)
C > Cl | Crystal Text (Paul Clipson, 3 min)
C > Cl | Day Star (Paul Clipson)
C > Cl | Landscape Dissolves (Paul Clipson, 6 min)
C > Cl | Origin (Paul Clipson, 10 min)
C > Cl | Speaking Corpse (Paul Clipson, 8 min)
E > En | Ten Skies (Clint Enns, 3 min)
G > Ga | The Extravagant Shadows (David Gatten, 175 min)
K > Ka | Morpheus (Kaliptus, Vincent Zambrano, 8 min)
M > Ma | Blanket Statement 1: Home Is Where the Heart Is (Jodie Mack, 2 min)
M > Ma | Point de Gaze (Jodie Mack, 5 min)
M > Ma | The Quilpo Dreams of Waterfalls | El quilpo sueña cataratas (Pablo Mazzolo, 12 min)
S > Sa | Verses (James Sansing, 4 min)
T > Th | Twice Removed (Leslie Thornton, 9 min)
T > To | Habitat (Robert Todd, 10 min) #B&W
T > Tu | Seoul Electric (Richard Tuohy, 7 min)
U > Ur | Deep Red (Esther Urlus, 7 min)
2013
C > Cl | Bright Mirror (Paul Clipson, 9 min)
C > Cl | Difficult Loves (Paul Clipson, 4 min)
C > Cl | Medias Res (Paul Clipson, min)
C > Cl | Other States (Paul Clipson, 8 min)
C > Cl | Void Redux (Paul Clipson, 7 min)
J > Ja | Datamosh (Yung Jake, 5 min)
J > Ju | The Hex of Ergot: Popping Corn (Martha Jurksaitis, 4 min)
K > Kn | Axis (John Kneller, 18 min)
M > Ma | Glistening Thrills (Jodie Mack, 8 min)
M > Ma | Let Your Light Shine (Jodie Mack, 2 min)
M > Ma | New Fancy Foils (Jodie Mack, 12 min)
M > Ma | Undertone Overture (Jodie Mack, 10 min)
N > Ni | 45 7 Broadway (Tomonari Nishikawa, 6 min)
R > Re | After Creation After Icebergs (Mary B. Reed, 2 min)
S > Sa | White | Bianco (Mauro Santini, 19 min)
S > Sa | Doorway for Natalie Kalmus (Aura Satz, 9 min)
T > Th | Binocular: Mandarin Duck (Leslie Thornton, 3 min)
T > Th | Binocular: Zebra 2 (Leslie Thornton, 2 min)
T > Th | Luna (Leslie Thornton, 2 min)
2014
B > Bu | The Chimera of M. (Sebastian Buerkner, 25 min)
C > Cl | Hypnosis Display (Paul Clipson, 75 min)
C > Cl | Light Year (Paul Clipson, 10 min)
C > Cl | The Liquid Casket / Wilderness of Mirrors (Paul Clipson, 9 min)
C > Cl | Love After Love (Paul Clipson, 5 min)
C > Cl | Made of Air (Paul Clipson, 11 min)
C > Cl | La Paloma (Paul Clipson, 6 min)
C > Cl | Pulsars e Quasars (Paul Clipson, 5 min)
G > Gi | Pan (Anton Ginzburg, 6 min)
K > Ka | Alternate (Mikuláš Karpeta, 9 min)
M > Ma | Panchromes I, II, III (T. Marie, 15 min)
S > Se | Amassed (Cho Seoungho, 9 min)
U > Un | Nocom (Walter Ungerer, 9 min)
2015
B > Be | Before I Close My Eyes (Stian Bekkvik, 5 min)
B > Be | Hjertepumpe Stian Bekkvik, 7 min)
C > Cl | Come On (Paul Clipson, 5 min)
C > Cl | Disporting with a Shadow (Paul Clipson, 4 min)
C > Cl | Trajecions (Paul Clipson, 14 min)
L > Le | Quiet Zone (Karl Lemieux, David Bryant, 15 min)
— — — — —
3/ (SEMI)ABSTRACT SEQUENCES (DETAILS) IN PREVALENTLY NON-ABSTRACT FILMS
— — — — — 1960s
1961
W > Wi | Ursula (Lloyd M. Williams, 11 min)
1969
M > Ma | Marinetti (Albie Thoms, 85 min)
— — — — — 1970s
1972
B > Bo | The Woman Who Powders Herself | La femme qui se poudre (Patrick Bokanowski, 18 min)
1978
B > Bi | Org (Fernando Birri, 177 min)
— — — — — 1980s
1982
J > Ji | Incomplete Eclipse | Neúplné zatmění (Jaromil Jireš, 77 min)
— — — — — 2000s
2000
K > Kv | L > Le | The Wake (Christian Lemmerz, Michael Kvium, 462 min)
2003
H > Ho | Imitations of Life (Mike Hoolboom, 75 min)
2004
K > Ko | Ortem (Dariusz Kowalski, 20 min)
— — — — — 2010s
2015
K > Kr | LSD Made in ČSSR (Pavel Křemen, 52 min)
M > Me | Up to the Sky and Much Much More (Barbara Meter, 32 min)
— — — — —
4/ ABSTRACT SCENOGRAPHY
— — — — — 1910s
1917
B > Br | Thaïs (Anton G. Bragaglia, 35 min, orig. 70 min) #B&W
— — — — — 1960s
1965
A > Av | Ubu roi (Jean C. Averty, 96 min) #B&W
— — — — —
5/ META-ABSTRACT FILMS
— — — — — 1960s
1961
M > Me | Mood Mondrian (Marie Menken, 6 min)
1965
K > Kr | 11/65: Picture Helga Philipp | 11/65: Bild Helga Philipp (Kurt Kren, 3 min)
— — — — — 2000s
2006
U > Us | Tower Bawher (Theodore Ushev, 3 min)
— — — — — 2010s
2011
K > Ke | 349: For Sol LeWitt (Chris Kennedy, 1 min)
2012
M > Ma | Pastoral (JB Mabe, 3 min)
— — — — —
6/ SPEAKING ABOUT ABSTRACTION
— — — — — 1940s
1944
M > Mo | Design Workshops (László Moholy-Nagy, 36 min)
— — — — — 1960s
1963
P > Pi | The Critic (Ernest Pintoff, 4 min)
1966
P > Pa | The Responsive Eye (Brian de Palma, 30 min)
1967
M > Mi | LSD: Insight or Insanity? (Max Miller, 15 min)
Y > Ya | Kusama’s Self-Obliteration (Jud Yalkut, 24 min)
1968
W > Wh | Experiments in Motion Graphics (John Whitney, 12 min)
1969
P > Po | Miró l’altre (Pere Portabella, 15 min)
— — — — — 1990s
1994
S > St | The Secret of the Grey Matter | Das Geheimnis der grauen Zellen (Stefan Stratil, 1986/1994, 13 min)
1996
S > Se | Pictures of an Exhibition | Bilder einer Ausstellung (Ulrich Seidl, 45 min)
— — — — — 2000s
2008
J > Je | Hunting the Hidden Dimension (Bill Jersey, Michael Schwarz, 60 min)
M > Ma | Yayoi Kusama: I Love Me (Takako Matsumoto, 102 min)
N > Ne | The Cool School (Morgan Neville, 86 min)
— — — — — 2010s
2010
C > Ch | Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film (Pip Chodorov, 82 min)
2011
E > El | Magic Trip (Alison Ellwood, Alex Gibney, 107 min)
2012
T > Te | Sol LeWitt (Chris Teerink, 72 min)
— — — — —
— Neon (2003) http://dafilms.com/film/8260-neon/
— Blue Monet (2006) M
— FM/TRCS (1974) M
— Natural Baroque: The New Success of Film Industry (1997) M
— Travis (2004) M
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