Optic Antics: The Cinema of Ken Jacobs
by James, David E., Arthur, Paul, Pierson, Michele
Optic antics: the cinema of Ken Jacobs
by James, David E., Arthur, Paul, Pierson, Michele
This volume gathers many of the best known writers on the avant-garde from three continents to write on the cinema of Ken Jacobs, who is arguably the most important living experimental filmmaker.
Optic antics: the cinema of Ken Jacobs
by James, David E., Arthur, Paul, Pierson, Michele
Optic antics: the cinema of Ken Jacobs
by James, David E., Arthur, Paul, Pierson, Michele
Ken Jacobs has been making cinema for more than fifty years. Along with over thirty film and video works, he has created an array of shadow plays, sound pieces, installations, and magic lantern and film performances that have transformed how we look at and think about moving ima…
Optic antics: the cinema of Ken Jacobs
by James, David E., Arthur, Paul, Pierson, Michele
Ken Jacobs has been making cinema for more than fifty years. Along with over thirty film and video works, he has created an array of shadow plays, sound pieces, installations, and magic lantern and film performances that have transformed how we look at and think about moving ima…
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