Movies

  • 1968
    Surface Tension

    Surface Tension

    Surface Tension

    5.51968HD

    A film in three parts: a man talking while a telephone rings, a walking tour of New York, and a goldfish swimming.

    Surface Tension
  • 1974
    Pan 3

    Pan 3

    Pan 3

    5.11974HD

    A journey through a field of corn.

    Pan 3
  • 1973
    Less

    Less

    Less

    4.51973HD

    "Near the end of 1973, Frampton realized that he had not finished a single film over the course of a year. He promptly conceived and executed LESS, a...

    Less
  • 1974
    Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit: Part I

    Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit: Part I

    Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit: Part I

    4.31974HD

    An experimental short by Hollis Frampton who films the female form during various activities.

    Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit: Part I
  • 1974
    Winter Solstice

    Winter Solstice

    Winter Solstice

    5.11974HD

    Shot at a steel mill, Winter Solstice is full of outpourings of fire, of smoke, of sparks, of molten metal — all erupting against an otherwise...

    Winter Solstice
  • 1974
    Pan 698

    Pan 698

    Pan 698

    4.11974HD

    The camera pans across a field of flowers at extreme speeds.

    Pan 698
  • 1976
    Magellan: At the Gates of Death, Part I: The Red Gate I, 0

    Magellan: At the Gates of Death, Part I: The Red Gate I, 0

    Magellan: At the Gates of Death, Part I: The Red Gate I, 0

    4.81976HD

    A short film by Hollis Frampton.

    Magellan: At the Gates of Death, Part I: The Red Gate I, 0
  • 1974
    Pan 4

    Pan 4

    Pan 4

    4.81974HD

    A series of papers flutter in the wind.

    Pan 4
  • 1974
    Pan 697

    Pan 697

    Pan 697

    3.81974HD

    A butchered cow is decapitated in this short film by Hollis Frampton.

    Pan 697
  • 1969
    Prince Ruperts Drops

    Prince Ruperts Drops

    Prince Ruperts Drops

    01969HD

    "Two repetitive, banal rhythmic acts - as it were from the observe and reverse of a phenakistiscope disk - factored and expanded into a cinema...

    Prince Ruperts Drops
  • 1977
    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I

    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I

    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I

    41977HD

    Hollis Frampton alludes to origins and creation as he cuts between a garden featuring a bride and groom and an 1902 film entitled "A Little Piece of...

    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I
  • 1968
    Snowblind

    Snowblind

    Snowblind

    4.81968HD

    "Homage to Michael Snow's environmental sculpture 'Blind.' The film proposes analogies, in imitation of three historic montage styles, for three...

    Snowblind
  • 1966
    Manual of Arms

    Manual of Arms

    Manual of Arms

    51966HD

    In this "fourteen-part drill for the camera," Frampton created a portrait gallery of his art-world friends engaging in a variety of ordinary...

    Manual of Arms
  • 1974
    Pan 700

    Pan 700

    Pan 700

    4.91974HD

    A series of ghost-like vehicles drive by.

    Pan 700
  • 1974
    Straits of Magellan:

    Straits of Magellan: "Drafts and Fragments"

    Straits of Magellan: "Drafts and Fragments"

    71974HD

    A sampling of forty-nine fragments from Frampton's catalogue of 'actualities', the films from STRAITS OF MAGELLAN: "DRAFTS AND FRAGMENTS" are all...

    Straits of Magellan:
  • 1985
    Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

    01985HD

    Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.

    Home Movies 1971-81
  • 1972
    Apparatus Sum

    Apparatus Sum

    Apparatus Sum

    01972HD

    Frampton on Apparatus Sum: "A brief lyric film of death, which brings to equilibrium a single reactive image from a roomful of cadavers."

    Apparatus Sum
  • 1973
    Trees in the River, Kent OH

    Trees in the River, Kent OH

    Trees in the River, Kent OH

    51973HD

    Trees in the River, Kent OH
  • 1969
    Palindrome

    Palindrome

    Palindrome

    5.91969HD

    While working at a photo lab, Frampton found that the waste at both ends of the rolls of processed film—where chemicals worked on the emulsion...

    Palindrome
  • 1978
    Grand Opera: An Historical Romance

    Grand Opera: An Historical Romance

    Grand Opera: An Historical Romance

    81978HD

    Grand Opera marks a stock-taking of Benning's work and his life, presenting a personal and artistic autobiography woven together with a series of...

    Grand Opera: An Historical Romance