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American experimental filmmaker (born 1933)
Ken Jacobs (born May 25, 1933 in
Brooklyn, New York )
[2] is an American
experimental filmmaker .
[3]
[4] His style often involves the use of found footage which he edits and manipulates. He has also directed films using his own footage.
Ken Jacobs directed
Blonde Cobra in 1963. This short film stars
Jack Smith who directed his own
Flaming Creatures the same year. In 1969 he directed
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son (1969, USA), in which he took the original 1905 short film and manipulated the footage to recontextualize it. This is considered an important first example of deconstruction in film. The film was admitted to the
National Film Registry in 2007. His
Star Spangled to Death (2004, USA) is a nearly seven-hour film consisting largely of
found footage .
[5] Jacobs began compiling the archival footage in the 1950s and the film took years to complete.
Jacobs taught at the Cinema Department at Harpur College at
Binghamton University from 1969 to 2002.
[6] His son
Azazel Jacobs is also a filmmaker.
[7]
In the 1990s, Jacobs began working with
John Zorn and experimented with a stroboscopic effect, digital video, and 3D effects.
Selected filmography
Little Stabs at Happiness (1960), 14:57 min, color, sound, 16 mm film on video.
[8]
Blonde Cobra (1963), 33 min, color and b&w, sound, 16 mm film on video.
[8]
Window (1964)
[9]
Lisa and Joey in Connecticut (1965), 21:59 min, color, silent, Super 8mm film on video.
[8]
Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son (1969), 133 min, color and b&w.
[8]
Perfect Film (1986)
Opening the Nineteenth Century: 1896 (1991)
The Georgetown Loop (1996), 11 min, b&w, silent.
[8]
Circling Zero: We See Absence (2002), 114:38 min, color, sound.
[10]
[11]
Star Spangled to Death (2004), 440 min, b&w and color, sound, DVD. Clip collection began in 1956.
[8]
Nymph (2007), 2 min, color, silent.
[8]
Gift of Fire: Nineteen (Obscure) Frames that Changed the World (2007), 27:30 min, anaglyph 3-D color, surround sound.
[8]
The Scenic Route (2008), 25 min, color and b&w, sound.
[8]
Seeking the Monkey King (2011), 39:42 min, color, 5.1 surround sound, HD video.
[8]
Joys of Waiting for the Broadway Bus (2013), 4–part series, enhanced
3D film digital slides.
[12]
A Primer in Sky Socialism (2013), color 3D film.
[13]
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Awards and accolades
He is a recipient of the 1994
American Film Institute 's
Maya Deren Award .
[7] In 2012 he received a
Creative Capital Moving Image grant award.
[15] In 2014 he was named a
United States Artists (USA) Fellow.
[16]
References
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"Ken Jacobs" .
Electronic Arts Intermix . Archived from
the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2015 .
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"Light Cone - Ken JACOBS" .
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"Conversations With History: Ken Jacobs", interview at UC Berkeley
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Review of book Optic Antics
^ Knipfel, Jim (September 2006).
" "Movies are All People Know" An Interview With Ken Jacobs" . The Brooklyn Rail .
^ Bunnell, Irene.
"Ken Jacobs: Educator, innovator, filmmaker" . Binghamton University: Department of Cinema at Harpur College . Binghamton University. Archived from
the original on June 11, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2015 .
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"October 17/18 – Ken Jacobs and Azazel Jacobs – Two Different Shows" . Los Angeles Film Forum. October 12, 2009. Retrieved November 27, 2012 .
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"Ken Jacobs-Biography" . Electronic Arts Intermix . EAI. Retrieved September 21, 2015 .
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Ken Jacobs-IFFR
^ Sicinski, Michael (May 11, 2015).
"3D in the 21st Century. Flash Forward: Four 3D Works by Ken Jacobs" . Notebook Digital Magazine .
^ Ken Jacobs’ documentary “Circling Zero : We See Absence”, 2002, VHS, USA can be found in the
Experimental Television Center and
its Repository in the
Rose Goldsen Archive of New Media Art ,
Cornell University Library .
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"Almost 80, He Continues the Ruckus" . New York Times . 18 May 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2016 .
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New Silent Cinema . Routledge. 2015.
ISBN
9781317819448 .
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"A Primer in Sky Socialism" . EMPAC . 5 October 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2016 .
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"Joys of Waiting for the Broadway Bus / A Primer In Sky Socialism" . Creative Capital . Retrieved 2 June 2016 .
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"United States Artists » Ken Jacobs" . Retrieved 2023-02-27 .
External links
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