Stan VanDerBeek Movies

  • 1967
    Spherical Space No. 1

    Spherical Space No. 1

    Spherical Space No. 1

    01967HD

    A dance filmed with Elaine Summers, in which the nude figure is placed against nature, in this case a particular and spherical sense of nature as...

    Spherical Space No. 1
  • 1965
    Movie-Movies

    Movie-Movies

    Movie-Movies

    01965HD

    Experimental film that used handheld projectors to present film images and slide projections.

    Movie-Movies
  • 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
    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
  • 1963
    Summit

    Summit

    Summit

    01963HD

    World leaders at the crossroads.

    Summit
  • 1967
    Panels for the Walls of the World

    Panels for the Walls of the World

    Panels for the Walls of the World

    01967HD

    A short by Stan Vanderbeek.

    Panels for the Walls of the World
  • 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
  • 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
    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
  • 1960
    Black and White, Day and Night

    Black and White, Day and Night

    Black and White, Day and Night

    01960HD

    "A 'drawn' film, with images that are constantly changing, drawings of landscapes that keep escaping, traces of faces, everything is almost what it...

    Black and White, Day and Night
  • 1966
    Vision III

    Vision III

    Vision III

    01966HD

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

    Vision III
  • 1983
    Micro Cosmos 1-4

    Micro Cosmos 1-4

    Micro Cosmos 1-4

    01983HD

    In Micro Cosmos, a series of four short computer-animated works, the image of an orb is transformed into a pulsating, energetic evocaton of life...

    Micro Cosmos 1-4