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
    Facescapes

    Facescapes

    Facescapes

    01965HD

    Facescapes
  • 1965
    A Dam Rib Bed

    A Dam Rib Bed

    A Dam Rib Bed

    01965HD

    "A two screen Dream/Film/Farce/Sity about sleeps-two-sides-the Dream-Beast, animated trick photography combined into a knifed dream with a sexual...

    A Dam Rib Bed
  • 1964
    Phenomenon No. 1

    Phenomenon No. 1

    Phenomenon No. 1

    01964HD

    Dream matrix, history written in lightning image, memory and the TV syntax, images flowing and fused together to other images and electronic tapestry...

    Phenomenon No. 1
  • 1964
    Newsreel of Dreams 1 & 2

    Newsreel of Dreams 1 & 2

    Newsreel of Dreams 1 & 2

    01964HD

    Dream matrix, history written in lightning image, memory and the TV syntax, images flowing and fused together to other images and electronic tapestry...

    Newsreel of Dreams 1 & 2
  • 1958
    Wheeeeels No. 2

    Wheeeeels No. 2

    Wheeeeels No. 2

    01958HD

    A companion piece to Wheeeels No. 1, exploring more of the highways and by-ways of “American on Wheels”- with the filmmaker's gentle...

    Wheeeeels No. 2
  • 1959
    Dance of the Looney Spoons

    Dance of the Looney Spoons

    Dance of the Looney Spoons

    01959HD

    An animated and live action fantasy, the loop de loops of ten spoons, forks and tableware ... a parable in the shape of a soup spoon ... conceived as...

    Dance of the Looney Spoons
  • 1967
    Poem Field No. 3

    Poem Field No. 3

    Poem Field No. 3

    01967HD

    In this pioneering work of early computer art, geometric groupings of monochrome patterns and words are created with the program BEFLIX, which was...

    Poem Field No. 3
  • 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
  • 1958
    Wheeeels No. 1

    Wheeeels No. 1

    Wheeeels No. 1

    01958HD

    "Dedicated to Detroit and subtitled 'America on wheels.' A fantasy-farce on the car of everyday life. Everything is a vehicle, life is in motion,...

    Wheeeels No. 1
  • 1972
    Symmetricks

    Symmetricks

    Symmetricks

    01972HD

    Against a black background and a pulsating beat matching white symmetrical geometric flashes around a central orb, white lines are drawn in mirror...

    Symmetricks