Ed Emshwiller Movies

  • 1977
    Sur Faces

    Sur Faces

    Sur Faces

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    Emshwiller writes that Sur Faces is a "stylized collaborative videotape in which actors working with (the artist) explore sexual politics as...

    Sur Faces
  • 1958
    Big Vacation

    Big Vacation

    Big Vacation

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    The third film by Ed Emshwiller

    Big Vacation
  • 1958
    Monsters

    Monsters

    Monsters

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    The Second film by Ed Emshwiller

    Monsters
  • 1966
    Oysters Are in Season

    Oysters Are in Season

    Oysters Are in Season

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    Oysters Are in Season feautures the improvised humor of Swede Sorenson, Dean Preece and Molly Parkin as they play out sharply satiric situations....

    Oysters Are in Season
  • 1974
    Crossings and Meetings

    Crossings and Meetings

    Crossings and Meetings

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    A lone man walking across the video screen is the starting point for this dynamic formal exercise. This image and its accompanying sound are...

    Crossings and Meetings
  • 1984
    Skin Matrix

    Skin Matrix

    Skin Matrix

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    Emshwiller writes that the visually complex and densely textured Skin Matrix is a "video tapestry... a layering of different manifestations of...

    Skin Matrix
  • 1970
    Branches

    Branches

    Branches

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    Featuring Bill Weidner and Connie Brady, BRANCHES was made in a filmmaking workshop at Cornell University during the summer of 1970. The film was...

    Branches
  • 1966
    In Three Zones

    In Three Zones

    In Three Zones

    01966HD

    A film based on play by Wilford Leach

    In Three Zones
  • 1967
    Fusion

    Fusion

    Fusion

    01967HD

    A kaleidoscopic collage of colours and dehumanised modern dancers, making subtle use of double exposure and electronic music. Shapes move and grow to...

    Fusion
  • 1960
    Lifelines

    Lifelines

    Lifelines

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    A combination of animated line drawings with live photography of a nude model. A play on the title (living lines, life model, procreation and hand...

    Lifelines
  • 1979
    Sunstone

    Sunstone

    Sunstone

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    Experimental computer animation from pioneering artist Ed Emshwiller.

    Sunstone
  • 1966
    Art Scene USA

    Art Scene USA

    Art Scene USA

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    A look at painting, sculpture and the dance in the United States today, as represented by works of many of its best-known artists - Andrew Wyeth,...

    Art Scene USA
  • 1975
    Solstice and Solyanka

    Solstice and Solyanka

    Solstice and Solyanka

    01975HD

    Super 8 film. Observations of the Institute on Film, Video & Photography, Amherst, MA, summer 1975. Among the cast of characters, in order of...

    Solstice and Solyanka
  • 1972
    Woe Oh Ho No

    Woe Oh Ho No

    Woe Oh Ho No

    01972HD

    A video film by Ed Emshwiller

    Woe Oh Ho No
  • 1973
    Identities

    Identities

    Identities

    01973HD

    A film made by Ed Emshwiller and Wantagh, New York high school students.

    Identities
  • 1975
    Inside Edges

    Inside Edges

    Inside Edges

    01975HD

    A video work by Ed Emshwiller

    Inside Edges
  • 1976
    Self-Trio

    Self-Trio

    Self-Trio

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    Choreographic dance video created in 1976 by Ed Emshwiller.

    Self-Trio
  • 1979
    Eclipse

    Eclipse

    Eclipse

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    Really gorgeous visuals from Emshwiller made for Roger Reynolds's Voicescapes performance, containing elements from his previous Sunstone.

    Eclipse
  • 1959
    Transformation

    Transformation

    Transformation

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    The pointillist score accompanies changing line, form, and color to create an animated film painting, achieved through the exploration of spontaneous...

    Transformation
  • 1958
    Paintings by Ed Emshwiller

    Paintings by Ed Emshwiller

    Paintings by Ed Emshwiller

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    The first film by Ed Emswhiller

    Paintings by Ed Emshwiller