Ed Emshwiller Movies

  • 1960
    Lifelines

    Lifelines

    Lifelines

    51960HD

    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
  • 1963
    Freedom March

    Freedom March

    Freedom March

    01963HD

    A short documentary by Ed Emshwiller of the March on Washington.

    Freedom March
  • 1965
    George Dumpson's Place

    George Dumpson's Place

    George Dumpson's Place

    61965HD

    Employing experimental techniques, Emshwiller magically moved through a collection of objects and artifacts in order to capture the spirit of George...

    George Dumpson's Place
  • 1984
    Skin Matrix

    Skin Matrix

    Skin Matrix

    01984HD

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

    Skin Matrix
  • 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
  • 1959
    Dance Chromatic

    Dance Chromatic

    Dance Chromatic

    01959HD

    Dance Chromatic (1959), integrates film and painting. Dance Chromatic reveals that the contradiction between the desire to convey the organic growth...

    Dance Chromatic
  • 1969
    Image, Flesh and Voice

    Image, Flesh and Voice

    Image, Flesh and Voice

    61969HD

    This independent underground feature films two dancers (Carolyn Carlson and Emery Hermans) in silhouettes and shadows. Other couples discuss their...

    Image, Flesh and Voice
  • 1970
    Carol

    Carol

    Carol

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    Ed Emshwiller’s tender portrait of his wife, avant-garde science fiction writer Carol Emshwiller.

    Carol
  • 1973
    Positive Negative Electronic Faces

    Positive Negative Electronic Faces

    Positive Negative Electronic Faces

    01973HD

    A collaboration between Ed Emshwiller and Anthony Bannon funded by a New York State Council on the Arts grant.

    Positive Negative Electronic Faces
  • 1987
    Hungers

    Hungers

    Hungers

    01987HD

    Emshwiller introduces this work as a "tapestry of images and sounds suggestive of the hungers that human beings all share for food, love, sex, power,...

    Hungers
  • 1972
    Computer Graphics #1

    Computer Graphics #1

    Computer Graphics #1

    01972HD

    The long version of the film titled in the short version "THERMOGENESIS"

    Computer Graphics #1
  • 1973
    Pilobolus and Joan

    Pilobolus and Joan

    Pilobolus and Joan

    01973HD

    Pilobolus and Joan is a dance/narrative journey of transformation, a theatrical search for self and love based on Carol Emshwiller's story...

    Pilobolus and Joan
  • 1972
    Woe Oh Ho No

    Woe Oh Ho No

    Woe Oh Ho No

    01972HD

    A video film by Ed Emshwiller

    Woe Oh Ho No
  • 1968
    Project Apollo

    Project Apollo

    Project Apollo

    01968HD

    A film by Ed Emshwiller that surveys, without narration, the vast human and material resources committed to the U.S. space program. Uses recurring...

    Project Apollo
  • 1974
    Crossings and Meetings

    Crossings and Meetings

    Crossings and Meetings

    01974HD

    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
  • 1971
    Choice Chance Woman Dance

    Choice Chance Woman Dance

    Choice Chance Woman Dance

    01971HD

    A subjective film song of awareness; woman alone, woman with child, woman as scientist, woman as artist, woman with woman, woman with man. Paradox...

    Choice Chance Woman Dance
  • 1978
    Dubs

    Dubs

    Dubs

    01978HD

    Dubs is a somewhat abstract, experimental video without a clearly defined plot. It focusses mostly on the relationships between men and women and the...

    Dubs
  • 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
  • 1956
    The Thing from Back Issues

    The Thing from Back Issues

    The Thing from Back Issues

    01956HD

    A film by Ed Emshwiller made with writers from the Original Milford Science Fiction Writers Conference. Silent film. Mid 1950s.

    The Thing from Back Issues
  • 1976
    Self-Trio

    Self-Trio

    Self-Trio

    01976HD

    Choreographic dance video created in 1976 by Ed Emshwiller.

    Self-Trio