Movies: Fluxus

  • 1964
    Zen for Film

    Zen for Film (1964)

    Zen for Film

    5.41964HD

    In an endless loop, unexposed film runs through the projector. The resulting projected image shows a surface illuminated by a bright light, occasionally altered by the appearance of scratches and dust particles in the surface of the damaged film mate...

    Zen for Film
  • 1966
    The Evil Faerie

    The Evil Faerie (1966)

    The Evil Faerie

    5.21966HD

    Following a series of title cards, a man in sunglasses briefly flutters his hands like fairy. Owen Land states that this film was not made by George Landow, and believes it should be credited to John Cavanaugh. “George Maciunas had a number of films ...

    The Evil Faerie
  • 1966
    Word Movie

    Word Movie (1966)

    Word Movie

    6.51966HD

    Single frame exposures of words....

    Word Movie
  • 1965
    Trace #23

    Trace #23 (1965)

    Trace #23

    5.91965HD

    Begins with a shot of a demarcation line on an asphalt tennis court. A hand points to the distant landscape, then numbers 408 and 409 appear on a female torso....

    Trace #23
  • 1962
    Regardez moi cela suffit

    Regardez moi cela suffit (1962)

    Regardez moi cela suffit

    51962HD

    Sitting on a promenade in nice with a sign: Watch me, that’s all....

    Regardez moi cela suffit
  • 1962
    Invocations of Canyons and Boulders (for Stan Brakhage)

    Invocations of Canyons and Boulders (for Stan Brakhage) (1962)

    Invocations of Canyons and Boulders (for Stan Brakhage)

    61962HD

    "INVOCATION is Higgins' Satie movie... the purest attempt to clear art from any or all historical, esthetic, thematic, ornamental claptrap to regain the lost-eye consciousness." - Jonas Mekas...

    Invocations of Canyons and Boulders (for Stan Brakhage)
  • 1963
    Sun in Your Head

    Sun in Your Head (1963)

    Sun in Your Head

    5.71963HD

    "Single Frame sequences of TV or film images, with periodic distortions of the image. The images are airplanes, women men interspersed with pictures of texts like: 'silence, genius at work' and 'ich liebe dich.' The end credit is 'Television décollag...

    Sun in Your Head
  • 1966
    Je ne vois rien, je n'entends rien, je ne dis rien

    Je ne vois rien, je n'entends rien, je ne dis rien (1966)

    Je ne vois rien, je n'entends rien, je ne dis rien

    4.51966HD

    Seeing, Hearing, Saying Nothing. Ben stands with ears, eyes, mouth bandaged....

    Je ne vois rien, je n'entends rien, je ne dis rien
  • 1970
    Fluxfilm No. 37

    Fluxfilm No. 37 (1970)

    Fluxfilm No. 37

    51970HD

    Face going out of focus by layering sheets of plastic between camera and subject....

    Fluxfilm No. 37
  • 1966
    5 O'Clock in the Morning

    5 O'Clock in the Morning (1966)

    5 O'Clock in the Morning

    4.51966HD

    A handful of rocks and chestnuts falling, filmed with high speed camera....

    5 O'Clock in the Morning
  • 1966
    Sears Catalogue 1-3

    Sears Catalogue 1-3 (1966)

    Sears Catalogue 1-3

    6.51966HD

    Each film frame is a different image from the Sears Roebuck mail order catalogue. The film places pictures of the objects sold by Sears to the consumer society side by side with pictures of female models...

    Sears Catalogue 1-3