Trash Talking

Picture Particles

Individual elements from a carrier of visual information have been isolated and used to construct alternative visual reagents. Repetition is administe

2014

Between Science and Garbage

A whirlwind of improvisation combines the images of animator Pierre Hébert with the avant-garde sound of techno whiz Bob Ostertag in this singular mul

2004

Nocturna Artificialia

Enigmatic, stop-motion, animated story of a man's day.

1979

The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer

In Prague, a professorial puppet, with metal pincers for hands and an open book for a hat, takes a boy as a pupil. First, the professor empties fluff

1984

This Unnameable Little Broom

Stop-motion animated short film in which a puppet on a trike captures a puppet bird-man.

1985

Street of Crocodiles

A puppet, newly released from his strings, explores the sinister room in which he finds himself.

1986

Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies

Stop-motion animated short film in which, among other things, a man made of wire looks malevolent.

1987

The Comb

A porcelain doll’s explorations of a dreamer’s imagination.

1991

Anamorphosis

The Quays' interest in esoteric illusions finds its perfect realization in this fascinating animated lecture on the art of anamorphosis. This artistic

1993

Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?

Stop-motion animated short film with a white ball, a rabbit, and a girl, and a voice singing "Are We Still Married".

1992

Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods

Near an extraordinary chair with many legs, a hand is visible gripping an edge. The hand is weathered, the fingers cracked and scarred. The end of a r

1993

Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You

Short animated film featuring the song "Can't Go Wrong Without You" by His Name Is Alive.

1993

In Absentia

A woman sits alone on a chair at a table in a room on one of the top floors of an asylum. Bright spot lights dot the night, sometimes shining on her w

2000

The Calligrapher

With harpsichord music in the background, a dandy, seated at a table, plucks a quill pen from a ceiling full of them above him, dips it in ink, thinks

1991

The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection

A display at the strange and wonderful artifacts in a collection of medical curiosities.

2003

The Summit

Two men seek to negotiate an agreement of international significance.

1995

1 Seconde

“When he shot Une seconde (4 min., 20 sec.), a video animation without computer graphics, Richard Angers tried to adapt Norman McLaren’s animation tec

1991

Cassis

"I was visiting Jerome Hill. Jerome loved France, especially Provence. He spent all his summers in Cassis. My window overlooked the sea. I sat in my l

1966

Orchard Street

This short film documents the daily life of the goings-on on Orchard Street, a commercial street in the Lower East Side New York City.

1955

TV Sheriff and The Trailbuddies: Not 4 $ale

Emerging from the LA underground in year 2000, a self-proclaimed "video band" called TV Sheriff & The Trailbuddies hit the scene with their twiste

2007