Stan VanDerBeek Movies

  • 1972
    The Computer Generation

    The Computer Generation

    The Computer Generation

    01972HD

    Stan VanDerBeek, experimental filmmaker at work with friend and computer expert Wade Shaw, at the sophisticated new (1972) computer at MIT Center for...

    The Computer Generation
  • 1965
    See Saw Seams

    See Saw Seams

    See Saw Seams

    41965HD

    An artistic short film directed by Stan Vanderbeek.

    See Saw Seams
  • 1966
    Movie-Drome

    Movie-Drome

    Movie-Drome

    01966HD

    Influenced by Buckminster Fuller’s spheres, VanDerBeek had the idea for a spherical theater where people would lie down and experience movies...

    Movie-Drome
  • 1977
    Color Fields Left

    Color Fields Left

    Color Fields Left

    01977HD

    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...

    Color Fields Left
  • 1967
    Poem Field No. 7

    Poem Field No. 7

    Poem Field No. 7

    01967HD

    "Calligraphic computer animation of the enigmatic poem 'There is no way to peace- Peace is the way.' Black and white animation is colored by Brown/...

    Poem Field No. 7
  • 1957
    Mankinda

    Mankinda

    Mankinda

    01957HD

    An animated drawing done directly under the camera, combining painterly images and a drawn calligraphy, the works unfolds as you watch, permitting...

    Mankinda
  • 1967
    Expo Faces

    Expo Faces

    Expo Faces

    01967HD

    16mm film transferred to video, black and white, sound

    Expo Faces
  • 1959
    Street Meat

    Street Meat

    Street Meat

    01959HD

    Vanderbeek photographs NYC, 1959. The 'meat' of the street: Doorways, debris, dilapidation. We meet a few youngsters and get a glimpse into a bygone...

    Street Meat
  • 1972
    Symmetricks

    Symmetricks

    Symmetricks

    01972HD

    Against a black background and a pulsating beat matching white symmetrical geometric flashes around a central orb, white lines are drawn in mirror...

    Symmetricks
  • 1967
    Poem Field No. 1

    Poem Field No. 1

    Poem Field No. 1

    01967HD

    "Words pulsate, then bleed into abstraction. Fields of color fragment into pixels or smear into mutating organisms. Swarming text grids explode into...

    Poem Field No. 1
  • 1960
    The Smiling Workman

    The Smiling Workman

    The Smiling Workman

    01960HD

    Performance art collaboration between Jim Dine and Stan VanDerBeek.

    The Smiling Workman
  • 1968
    Ad Infinitum

    Ad Infinitum

    Ad Infinitum

    01968HD

    Ad Infinitum
  • 1965
    The Human Face Is a Monument

    The Human Face Is a Monument

    The Human Face Is a Monument

    01965HD

    The Human Face Is a Monument
  • 1970
    Videospace

    Videospace

    Videospace

    01970HD

    "A film of video light and color. Dancers move through computer-generated patterns and fields of soft color to the music of Ravel. An experiment in...

    Videospace
  • 1959
    Astral Man

    Astral Man

    Astral Man

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    "An animated vision... a subliminal glance at man in light and space" S.V.

    Astral Man
  • 1970
    Moirage

    Moirage

    Moirage

    01970HD

    "A study in ocular illusions, pattern superimposition producing other patterns and illusions of three dimensionality. A thorough demonstration of the...

    Moirage
  • 1981
    After Laughter

    After Laughter

    After Laughter

    01981HD

    In After Laughter, VanDerBeek constructs a rapid-fire montage depicting the evolution of the human race and the haunting specter of its destruction.

    After Laughter
  • 1981
    Face Concert

    Face Concert

    Face Concert

    01981HD

    Face Concert is an ode to human expression in which VanDerBeek transforms the face into a visual canvas.

    Face Concert
  • 1965
    The Birth of the American Flag

    The Birth of the American Flag

    The Birth of the American Flag

    01965HD

    The Birth of the American Flag
  • 1965
    Pastorale

    Pastorale

    Pastorale

    01965HD

    A Stan VanDerBeek short film from 1965.

    Pastorale