Bill Brand Movies

  • 2005
    Swan’s Island

    Swan’s Island

    Swan’s Island

    102005HD

    Katy Martin paints directly on her skin, and uses her whole body to make marks with the paint. Bill Brand frames the action and its trace, in the...

    Swan’s Island
  • 1975
    Cartoons: Still at Work

    Cartoons: Still at Work

    Cartoons: Still at Work

    101975HD

    Still at Work, a self-portrait of the artist in his places of work: the studio in Lower Manhattan and Sarah Lawrence College, the school where he...

    Cartoons: Still at Work
  • 1999
    I'm a Pilot Like You

    I'm a Pilot Like You

    I'm a Pilot Like You

    01999HD

    I'M A PILOT LIKE YOU was shot July, 1999 inside and outside 20 North Moore Street where John and Carolyn Kennedy lived. Ruth Hardinger, a sculptor,...

    I'm a Pilot Like You
  • 1969
    Organic Afghan

    Organic Afghan

    Organic Afghan

    01969HD

    A claymation and abstract object animation consisting of organic shapes and crocheted afghan squares synchronized to an original guitar duet by...

    Organic Afghan
  • 1970
    Tree

    Tree

    Tree

    01970HD

    An old tree sits on a mound in an Ohio farm field. The filming of the tree and the metrical editing of the film is organized around the tree's...

    Tree
  • 1976
    The Trail to Koskimo: His First Hunt

    The Trail to Koskimo: His First Hunt

    The Trail to Koskimo: His First Hunt

    01976HD

    This film chronicles an artistic and personal quest through an assortment of in-camera and optical printing experiments. Shutter effects and swarming...

    The Trail to Koskimo: His First Hunt
  • 1991
    Home Less Home

    Home Less Home

    Home Less Home

    01991HD

    People who are homeless reveal homelessness from their own experiences dispelling common misconceptions and prejudices. Told as a personal journey,...

    Home Less Home
  • 1974
    Cartoons: It Dawn Down

    Cartoons: It Dawn Down

    Cartoons: It Dawn Down

    101974HD

    In It Dawn Down an ordinary take-up reel spins to make colorful and delicate patterns even though the film is black and white.

    Cartoons: It Dawn Down
  • 1974
    Cartoons: The Central Finger

    Cartoons: The Central Finger

    Cartoons: The Central Finger

    101974HD

    The Central Finger (16mm, silent, 5 1/2 minutes, 1974).

    Cartoons: The Central Finger
  • 1974
    Cartoons: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

    Cartoons: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

    Cartoons: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

    101974HD

    Flickering flames viewed through air vents of a wood burning pot belly stove resemble the shutter of a film projector.

    Cartoons: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
  • 1972
    Rate of Change

    Rate of Change

    Rate of Change

    8.81972HD

    This film has no literal subject, no frames, only slow continuously shifting colours, cycling around the perimeter of the spectrum. The changes are...

    Rate of Change
  • 1983
    Tracy's Family Folk Festival

    Tracy's Family Folk Festival

    Tracy's Family Folk Festival

    01983HD

    This is an impressionistic portrayal of the 1982 folk festival at Tracy and Eloise Schwarz’s farm in Central Pennsylvania. The festival,...

    Tracy's Family Folk Festival
  • 1973
    Touch Tone Phone Film

    Touch Tone Phone Film

    Touch Tone Phone Film

    01973HD

    TOUCH TONE PHONE FILM scrambles the system by which film represents time and motion. In the film, a phone rings and a woman gets up to answer it....

    Touch Tone Phone Film
  • 1978
    Works in the Field

    Works in the Field

    Works in the Field

    01978HD

    Mountain landscapes, Manhattan cityscapes and images from magazine covers and television news are fragmented through optical printing with computer...

    Works in the Field