Acid
(1967),
minimalist work by Victor Grauer, produced by applying bleach to black film leader
(2019 Federal Grants).
The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes
(1971),
Stan Brakhage's detailed exploration of a city morgue
(2002 Federal Grants).
Adventures of the Exquisite Corpse
(1968),
Andrew Noren's vivid exploration of color, surface, and texture
(2000 Partnership Grants).
Air Time
(1973),
super8 short by influential performance artist and architect Vito Acconci
(2014 Federal Grants).
America Is Waiting
(1981),
Bruce Conner’s exploration of war propaganda with a soundtrack by David Byrne and Brian Eno
(2005 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
Analytical Studies III: Color Frame Passages
(1973–74),
examination of the film frame by Paul Sharits
(2013 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
Analytical Studies IV: Blank Color Frames
(1975–76),
examination of the film frame by Paul Sharits
(2013 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
Ancestors
(1978),
Larry Jordan's fanciful animated tribute to his "creative root-sources"
(2003 Federal Grants).
Anchors
(1972),
super8 short by influential performance artist and architect Vito Acconci
(2014 Federal Grants).
Angel Eyes
(1965),
stroboscopic experimental film by Victor Grauer
(2019 Federal Grants).
Animation Mona Lisa
(ca.1955–1959),
series of colorful portraits caricatured through proto-psychedelic distortions by Weegee (Arthur Fellig)
(2019 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
Applications
(1970),
super8 short by influential performance artist and architect Vito Acconci
(2016 Federal Grants).
Archangel
(1966),
stroboscopic experimental film by Victor Grauer
(2019 Federal Grants).
Assorted Scenes and Kaleidoscope
(ca.1955–1959),
film portraits of various New Yorkers rendered through kaleidoscopic animation effects by Weegee (Arthur Fellig)
(2019 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
Baby Doll
(1982),
go-go dancers preparing for work, as seen by Tessa Hughes-Freeland
(2012 Federal Grants).
Ball Game
(1976),
Victor Grauer’s experimental documentation of Pittsburgh Filmmakers students at play
(2019 Federal Grants).
Becky’s Eye
(1977),
Willie Varela’s portrait of his wife
(2013 Federal Grants).
Bedtime Story
(1981),
found-footage horror film by Esther Shatavsky
(2012 Federal Grants).
The Big Stick/An Old Reel
(1967-73),
Saul Levine’s examination of the media and its impact on society
(2006 Federal Grants).
BOAC and Assorted Scenes
(ca.1955–1959),
series of abstract Kodachrome New York cityscapes by Weegee (Arthur Fellig)
(2019 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
Book of the Year 3000
(1974),
Victor Grauer’s synthesis of poetic narration, colorful nature scenes, and stroboscopic effects
(2019 Federal Grants).
Braindead
(1987),
Jon Moritsugu’s explosively colored, hand-painted film, created from footage of Honolulu
(2012 Partnership Grants).
Break-Through
(1970),
super8 short by influential performance artist and architect Vito Acconci
(2014 Federal Grants).
Breath In(to)/Out(of)
(1971),
super8 short by influential performance artist and architect Vito Acconci
(2014 Federal Grants).
The Broken Rule
(1979),
part two of Ericka Beckman’s avant-garde trilogy inspired by psychologist Jean Piaget
(2009 Federal Grants).
The Cage
(1948),
whirlwind of surrealist camerawork made by Sidney Peterson and his film class to suggest the visions of a painter searching for his lost eye
(2009 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
Carriage Trade
(1972),
early version of Warren Sonbert's avant-garde diary filmed at sites around the world
(2001 Federal Grants).
Cayuga Run
(1967),
landscape film of the Hudson Valley by Storm de Hirsch
(2005 Federal Grants).
Certain Stars
(1967),
minimalist work by Victor Grauer, produced by scratching patterns on black film leader
(2019 Federal Grants).
Chord 1–5
(1975),
five minimalist film compositions of black and white frames by Victor Grauer
(2019 Federal Grants).
Cinema Metaphysique Nos.1-5
(1966–72),
film-video hybrid works by Jud Yalkut and Nam June Paik, with music by Takehisa Kosugi
(2015 Federal Grants).
Clarence
(1968),
Jud Yalkut’s documentation of the seven-story house of outsider artist Clarence Schmidt
(2015 Federal Grants).
Cocktail Party
(ca.1946–1950),
documentation by photographer Arthur Fellig (aka Weegee) of a ribald party celebrating the release of his second photobook, Weegee’s People, featuring the only known footage of author Joe Gould
(2019 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
Combat
(1975),
expressionist black and white exploration of contrasts by Victor Grauer
(2019 Federal Grants).
Composition 1
(1978),
Victor Grauer’s minimalist film composition of black and white frames
(2019 Federal Grants).
Concentration/Contemplation Piece
(1970),
super8 short by influential performance artist and architect Vito Acconci
(2014 Federal Grants).
Early Abstractions
(1946–1957),
groundbreaking series made by avant-garde pioneer Harry Smith using hand painting, batik, and optical printing
(Treasures of American Film Archives).
Electronic Fables
(1971),
film-video assemblage and audio collage by Jud Yalkut and Nam June Paik
(2015 Federal Grants).
Electronic Moon No. 2
(1967),
Jud Yalkut’s film of Nam June Paik's video art
(2015 Federal Grants).
Electronic Yoga
(1966),
film by Jud Yalkut and Nam June Paik
(2015 Federal Grants).
Erick Hawkins
(1967–83),
Jonas Mekas’ portrait of the dancer
(2006 Federal Grants).
Eyes
(1971),
Pittsburgh police at night, as seen by Stan Brakhage
(2002 Federal Grants).
Face to Face
(1972),
super8 short by influential performance artist and architect Vito Acconci
(2016 Federal Grants).
Fantastic Dances
(1971),
Jim Davis's transcendental meditation on man and the universe
(2000 Federal Grants).
Fathomless
(1964),
a signature work of experimental filmmaker, Jim Davis, capturing the energy of light in space
(2000 Federal Grants).
Filling Up Space
(1970),
super8 short by influential performance artist and architect Vito Acconci
(2014 Federal Grants).
Film Feedback
(1972),
Tony Conrad’s classroom project demonstrating the interplay of negative and positive in filmmaking
(2004 Federal Grants).
Film in Which There Appear Sprocket Holes, Edge Lettering, Dirt Particles, Etc.
(1966),
Owen Land’s renowned demonstration of film’s lesser seen qualities
(2015 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
Film Magazine of the Arts
(1963),
who’s who of the New York art world by Jonas Mekas
(2006 Federal Grants).
A Film of Their 1973 Spring Tour Commissioned by Christian World Liberation Front of Berkeley, CA
(1974),
Owen Land’s stroboscopic documentation of counter-cultural religious radicals
(2015 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
The Flicker
(1966),
Tony Conrad’s acclaimed experimental work constructed entirely of rapidly edited black-and-white frames
(2004 Federal Grants).
The Flower Thief
(1960),
Ron Rice's landmark feature starring underground poet Taylor Mead
(2002 Partnership Grants).
Geography of the Body
(1943),
Willard Maas and Marie Menken's landmark exploration of skin in close-up, overlaid with an ironic and poetic voiceover
(2003 Partnership Grants).
Go-Between
(1972),
super8 short by influential performance artist and architect Vito Acconci
(2014 Federal Grants).
Green Desire
(1965),
Mike Kuchar’s mood piece exploring the transition from adolescence to adulthood
(2012 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
Guger's Landing
(1971),
landscape film of the Hudson Valley by Storm de Hirsch
(2005 Federal Grants).
Hand to Hand
(1972),
super8 short by influential performance artist and architect Vito Acconci
(2016 Federal Grants).
Heaven and Earth Magic
(1957–62),
Harry Smith’s avant-garde narrative created with collage animation
(2004 Partnership Grants).
Highway
(1958),
Hilary Harris' celebration of the open road, shot from a moving car
(2001 Federal Grants).
Hudson River Diary at Gradiew
(ca. 1970),
landscape film of the Hudson Valley by Storm de Hirsch
(2005 Federal Grants).
Hurrah for Light
(1972),
Ralph Steiner's exploration of "what light can do to ordinary stuff"
(2000 Federal Grants).
The Idiot Box
(ca.1966),
“satirical study of television” by Weegee (Arthur Fellig), using distortions of photographs shot off his television set
(2019 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
Image in the Snow
(1950),
avant-garde exploration of mortality by Willard Maas and Marie Menken
(2003 Partnership Grants).
Incontinence: A Diarrhetic Flow of Mismatches
(1978),
Manuel DeLanda’s take on Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
(2010 Federal Grants).
In Progress
(1985),
Willie Varela’s meditation on life in El Paso at the beginning of President Reagan’s second term
(2013 Federal Grants).
Institutional Quality
(1969),
Owen Land’s self-reflexive repurposing of instructional films
(2015 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
In the Bag
(1981),
cinematic search for a mysterious object, by Amy Taubin
(2012 Federal Grants).
Ismism
(1979),
silent film documenting Manuel DeLanda’s graffiti art
(2009 Federal Grants).
The Itch Scratch Itch Cycle
(1977),
tense argument envisioned by Manuel DeLanda
(2010 Federal Grants).
Kusama’s Self Obliteration
(1967),
Jud Yalkut’s portrait of artist Yayoi Kusama
(2015 Federal Grants).
A La Mode
(1958),
Stan Vanderbeek's, rapidly edited, surreal collage animation, considered by the filmmaker as "an attire satire"
(2000 Federal Grants).
The Lead Shoes
(1949),
Sidney Peterson’s landmark surrealist film
(2007 Partnership Grants).
Lick
(1970),
super8 short by influential performance artist and architect Vito Acconci
(2014 Federal Grants).
Life Histories of the North American Marsh Birds
(1975),
super8 short by influential performance artist and architect Vito Acconci
(2014 Federal Grants).
Light Reflections
(1948–52),
shorter and distilled version of Jim Davis' second film, edited by the filmmaker
(2001 Federal Grants).
Light Sleeping
(1975),
Stephanie Beroes’s audiovisual love letter to her cat
(2018 Federal Grants).
Longhorns
(1951),
first film by avant-garde filmmaker Hilary Harris
(2002 Federal Grants).
Look Park
(1973–74),
from Ralph Steiner's "Joy of Seeing" series
(2000 Federal Grants).
Lost Lost Lost
(1976),
Jonas Mekas’s diary film exploring his transition from Lithuanian immigrant to American citizen and avant-garde filmmaker
(2004 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
Mea Culpa
(1981),
Bruce Conner’s early music video commissioned by David Byrne and Brian Eno
(2005 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
Memories
(1959–98),
tribute to Charles Boultenhouse uniting outtakes of the filmmaker's Henry James' Memories of Old New York with other footage, assembled by Stan Brakhage after Boultenhouse's death in 1996
(2000 Federal Grants).
Metamedia: A Film Journal of Intermedia and the Avant-Garde
(1966–73),
Jud Yalkut’s footage of fellow experimental artists
(2015 Federal Grants).
Mission to Mongo
(1973),
study of film, politics, and Chinese culture by J. Hoberman
(2012 Federal Grants).
Mr. Frenhoffer and the Minotaur
(1949),
Sidney Peterson’s stream-of-consciousness adaptation of Honoré Balzac’s Le Chef d’Ouvre Inconnu
(2007 Partnership Grants).
Mutable Fire!
(1984),
found-footage film by Bradley Eros
(2012 Federal Grants).
My Girlfriend’s Wedding
(1969),
Jim McBride’s experimental and autobiographical documentary
(2017 Federal Grants).
New Left Note
(1962–82),
Saul Levine’s experimental documentary capturing the spirit of the 60s activists
(2006 Federal Grants).
Nightspring Daystar
(1964),
lyrical film by David Brooks, founding executive director of the Film-Maker’s Cooperative
(2017 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
Nocturne
(1998),
Peggy Ahwesh’s disquieting invocation of gothic horror films incorporating stark black-and-white imagery with PixelVision video footage
(2020 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
Notes On The Circus
(1966),
Jonas Mekas diary film comprised of five unedited Kodachrome camera reels strung together with a soundtrack by Jim Kweskin’s Jug band
(2006 Federal Grants).
Note to Colleen
(1974),
Saul Levine’s study of a day spent with friend and filmmaker Colleen Fitzgibbon
(2006 Federal Grants).
Note to Pati
(1969),
film from Saul Levine’s “Notes” series celebrating daily life
(2006 Federal Grants).
N:O:T:H:I:N:G
(1968),
Paul Sharits breakthrough “flicker” film inspired by Tibetan mandalas
(2004 Partnership Grants).
Once Upon a Time
(1974),
Lawrence Jordan’s creation of the “mystical odyssey of the prince Serendip,” inspired by platinum prints of Fontainebleau
(2003 Federal Grants).
Open-Close
(1970),
super8 short by influential performance artist and architect Vito Acconci
(2014 Federal Grants).
Openings
(1970),
super8 short by influential performance artist and architect Vito Acconci
(2016 Federal Grants).
Outer Circle
(1975),
Marjorie Keller’s examination of a beauty shop
(2009 Federal Grants).
Out of Hand
(1981),
part three of Ericka Beckman’s avant-garde trilogy inspired by psychologist Jean Piaget
(2009 Federal Grants).
Part IV: Green Hill
(ca. 1986),
Marjorie Keller's diary film of a Rhode Island tidal inlet
(2018 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
Pennsylvania/Chicago/Illinois
(1957–59),
landscape triptych photographed from a moving train by Jim Davis
(2000 Federal Grants).
The Petrified Dog
(1948),
surrealist tale by Sidney Peterson loosely based on Alice in Wonderland
(2009 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
The Pittsburgh Trilogy
(1983),
Peggy Ahwesh’s portrait of local eccentrics
(2012 Federal Grants).
Portrait 2 (David Lee)
(1976),
Victor Grauer’s experimental depiction of a Pittsburgh Filmmakers student
(2019 Federal Grants).
Portrait 5 (David Lee)
(1978),
Victor Grauer’s experimental depiction of a Pittsburgh Filmmakers student
(2019 Federal Grants).
Portrait of Dave Lee (Portrait 1)
(1976),
Victor Grauer’s experimental depiction of a Pittsburgh Filmmakers student
(2019 Federal Grants).
The Potted Psalm
(1946),
societal study by James Broughton and Sidney Peterson, framed as a young man’s disorienting descent into the underworld
(2009 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
Presences
(1974–89),
Joe Gibbons’s portrait study of friends, family, and fellow filmmakers
(2013 Federal Grants).
Prose 1
(1975),
Victor Grauer’s minimalist film composition of black and white frames
(2019 Federal Grants).
Pyrotechnics
(1985),
surreal science fiction by Bradley Eros
(2012 Federal Grants).
Raw Nerves: A Lacanian Thriller
(1980),
Manuel DeLanda’s semiotic film noir
(2009 Federal Grants).
Reception Room
(1973),
super8 short by influential performance artist and architect Vito Acconci
(2014 Federal Grants).
Recital
(1978),
feminist structural film by Stephanie Beroes, inspired by Simone De Beauvoir
(2018 Federal Grants).
Recuerdos de Flores Muertas
(1982),
Willie Varela’s study of an El Paso cemetery
(2013 Federal Grants).
Relativity
(1966),
Ed Emshwiller's abstract exploration of man's relation to the cosmos
(2001 Federal Grants).
Report
(1963–67),
Bruce Conner’s examination of the media’s depiction of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy
(2005 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
Report From Millbrook
(1965–66),
Jonas Mekas’s visit with LSD guru Timothy Leary
(2006 Federal Grants).
River Ghost
(1973),
landscape film of the Hudson Valley by Storm de Hirsch
(2005 Partnership Grants).
Rocketkitkongokit
(1986),
Craig Baldwin’s kaleidoscopic collage-essay on Cold War neo-colonialism
(2021 Federal Grants).
Rubbings
(1970),
super8 short by influential performance artist and architect Vito Acconci
(2016 Federal Grants).
Run Off
(1970),
super8 short by influential performance artist and architect Vito Acconci
(2014 Federal Grants).
Seeing Red
(1970),
super8 short by influential performance artist and architect Vito Acconci
(2014 Federal Grants).
See Through
(1970),
super8 short by influential performance artist and architect Vito Acconci
(2016 Federal Grants).
Senseless
(1962),
road movie by Ron Rice eschewing narrative structure in favor of poetic montage
(2021 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
Seraph
(1966),
stroboscopic experimental film by Victor Grauer
(2019 Federal Grants).
Seven Films by the Kuchar Brothers
(1957–64),
camp classics that helped establish the brothers in the avant-garde film community
(2008 Federal Grants).
Seventeen Films by Dean Snider
(1979–84),
shorts by the Bay Area avant-garde provocateur
(2009 Federal Grants).
Silkscreens
(1978),
Katy Martin’s behind-the-scenes portrait of printmakers creating an edition of Jasper Johns’s The Dutch Wives, with an electronic soundtrack by Richard Teitelbaum
(2012 Federal Grants).
Six Windows
(1979),
Marjorie Keller’s exploration of her own home
(2009 Federal Grants).
The Soccer Game
(1959),
Larry Jordan’s animated short envisioning the planets, stars and alchemical signs in a “celestial game of nine pins”
(2003 Federal Grants).
Training Ground
(1971),
super8 short by influential performance artist and architect Vito Acconci
(2014 Federal Grants).
Twenty-Three Films by Stuart Sherman
(1977–93),
a key figure in the New York theater scene, whose work often involved the witty transformation of everyday objects
(2010 Federal Grants).
Two Cover Studies
(1970),
super8 short by influential performance artist and architect Vito Acconci
(2014 Federal Grants).
The United States of America
(1975),
James Benning and Bette Gordon’s minimalist cross-country road movie
(2009 Partnership Grants).
Valley Fever
(1979),
Stephanie Beroes’s meditation on the nature of perception
(2018 Federal Grants).
Veil
(1972),
minimalist work by Victor Grauer, produced by scratching patterns on black film leader
(2019 Federal Grants).
Verse 1
(1975),
Victor Grauer’s minimalist film composition of black and white frames
(2019 Federal Grants).
Verse 1B
(1975),
Victor Grauer’s minimalist film composition of black and white frames
(2019 Federal Grants).
Videotape Study No. 3
(1966–69),
Jud Yalkut and Nam June Paik’s filmed manipulation of political videos
(2015 Federal Grants).
Voices
(1967),
hand-painted stroboscopic experimental film by Victor Grauer
(2019 Federal Grants).
Watch
(1971),
super8 short by influential performance artist and architect Vito Acconci
(2016 Federal Grants).
Waterlight
(1957),
Lawrence Jordan’s film of his “first sea voyage”
(2003 Federal Grants).
Waterways (Burst; Storage)
(1971),
super8 short by influential performance artist and architect Vito Acconci
(2014 Federal Grants).
Webs and Stems
(1967),
hand-painted stroboscopic experimental film by Victor Grauer
(2019 Federal Grants).
Weltschmerz
(1979),
comic take on manic-depression by Joe Gibbons
(2013 Federal Grants).
The Whirled
(1956–63),
sprawling four-part underground film by Ken Jacobs, his final collaboration with artist and provocateur Jack Smith
(2005 Partnership Grants).
Wild Gunman
(1978),
Craig Baldwin’s critique of pop masculinity and consumerism, incorporating footage from Nintendo’s first arcade game released in the U.S.
(2021 Federal Grants).