Scanning of Modulations

Banner of Youth(pl)

A short film advertising the newspaper Sztandar Młodych (The Banner of Youth), noteworthy for its abstract elements painted directly onto film stock. An attempt at showing the complexity of the world in a capsule, the film reflects the new policy of the openness to the West during the Thaw of the late 1950s in Poland.

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero(en)

An anthology of one-minute films created by 51 international filmmakers on the theme of the death of cinema. Intended as an ode to 35mm, the film was screened one time only on a purpose-built 20x12 meter public cinema screen in the Port of Tallinn, Estonia, on 22 December 2011. A special projector was constructed for the event which allowed the actual filmstrip to be burnt at the same time as the film was shown.

Remind Me Why I Came Here(en)

It's time the times met each other over & over.

Kinda Cool to Expend This Much Drool(en)

Don't ask me why, but I feel we're about to cry trying.

Ruminative Meditations(en)

Say Om as you reach home only to realize you never really left/stopped saying Om.

Shirking; Shrieking Specter(en)

Still it's really tall. Still it's really floundering/falling/fading.

Questioning, Requesting(en)

Strings together what's strung together (please use yr tether).

Let Your Light Shine(en)

Eye candy as a special treat. Let Your Light Shine is the ultimate Spectrum Short film, a photokinetic stroboscopic spectacle for spectacles. A work in the tradition of the absolute animation film of the 1930s, which requires prismatic glasses to achieve the maximum result.

Leafing You Behind(en)

Abandoning the Abaddon-loathed abandoner opens plenty of reclaimed... everything(s).

What Was It Supposed to Be Like?(en)

Rather pointless, rather stilted, fetid; not what we want us going after.

Subnivean Snuff(en)

Subnivean Snuff re-tells an historical environmental crime story. It explores human desires to manipulate ecosystems and their inhabitants. This short, animated film re-imagines a 1958 nature documentary which famously depicts the false suicide of a group of lemmings.

Roda Viva Roda Brasil(pt)

Beatles Electroniques(en)

Part of a collection of restored early works by Nam June Paik, the haunting Beatles Electronique reveals Paik's engagement with manipulation of pop icons and electronic images. Snippets of footage from A Hard Day's Night are countered with Paik's early electronic processing.

Moonwalker(en)

This fantastical movie inspired by the music of Michael Jackson features imaginative interpretations of hit tracks from the iconic 1987 album “Bad”.

Enigma: Nazo(ja)

Enigma is something of a more glamorous version of White Hole, with a wide variety of elaborate textures (often composed of iconographic and religious symbols) converging towards the centre of the screen.

Aridity Enclosure 1(en)

Locked away but not away; somewhere nearby but unreachable, a periphery so notfaroff it's always in sight.

Every Ambulation a Betrayal(en)

Return to 'burn' only to find out you're already in that urn.

Automatic Writing(en)

Charcoal animation, taken from from Point of View: An Anthology of the Moving Image (2003).

Gondora(ja)

A short movie about a guy living in his own world.

Bowl, Garden, Theatre, Marble Game(en)

An animated short consisting of 4 segments: bowl, garden, theatre, marble game. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Harvard Film Archive in 2015.