Jeff Keen Movies

  • 1999
    Kino Staccato

    Kino Staccato

    Kino Staccato

    81999HD

    This bright animation cuts from interiors to exteriors and pushes pictures of Keen at different ages up against violent actions and symbols of...

    Kino Staccato
  • 1995
    Artwar Fallout + Artwar 3

    Artwar Fallout + Artwar 3

    Artwar Fallout + Artwar 3

    8.21995HD

    Footage of the first Iraq War is jarringly intercut with shots of the artist painting at the local tip and at home. Drawing upon pivotal moments in...

    Artwar Fallout + Artwar 3
  • 1975
    24 Films

    24 Films

    24 Films

    91975HD

    Made between 1970 and 1975, Jeff Keen's films always contain internal layers and films within films. The twenty-four films here include hand-painted...

    24 Films
  • 1989
    Spontaneous Combustion

    Spontaneous Combustion

    Spontaneous Combustion

    91989HD

    This relatively unknown Jeff Keen film presents an insistent series of exquisitely composed action and animation sequences and must be one of the...

    Spontaneous Combustion
  • 1990
    Blazon Blatzom: El Pistolera Blatzo

    Blazon Blatzom: El Pistolera Blatzo

    Blazon Blatzom: El Pistolera Blatzo

    81990HD

    A documentation of Jeff Keen painting, using montage to turn a mild-mannered English painter into a Wild West gunslinger.

    Blazon Blatzom: El Pistolera Blatzo
  • 1995
    Omozap in Artwar

    Omozap in Artwar

    Omozap in Artwar

    81995HD

    This compilation work uses Keen's drawing computer, screams and gunfire and proclaims ' enemy territory is outside the frame. Includes the titles...

    Omozap in Artwar
  • 1962
    Breakout

    Breakout

    Breakout

    8.51962HD

    Breakout is an unfinished film and, unusually for Keen, contains a loose narrative. It presents the story of a young man hounded by a large pink...

    Breakout
  • 1990
    Blatzom in Artwar

    Blatzom in Artwar

    Blatzom in Artwar

    81990HD

    This vibrant montage of colours and positive and negative images shows Jeff Keen filtering and reflecting on his previous films.

    Blatzom in Artwar
  • 1990
    B-B-B Bom and Life Storm

    B-B-B Bom and Life Storm

    B-B-B Bom and Life Storm

    8.81990HD

    From spinning paper guns to pulsing television screens, from zooms, crosscutting and painted film surfaces to burning paper, Jeff Keen uses all the...

    B-B-B Bom and Life Storm
  • 1993
    Artwar: The Last Frontier

    Artwar: The Last Frontier

    Artwar: The Last Frontier

    81993HD

    For this video, Jeff Keen had all his images for the Artwar series run together and over the top of each other.

    Artwar: The Last Frontier
  • 2000
    Art Flies Free

    Art Flies Free

    Art Flies Free

    02000HD

    A Super-8 portrait of Jeff Keen. This short but evocative experimental portrait melds Keen's style with that of its maker, Ian Helliwell, another...

    Art Flies Free
  • 1984
    The Dreams and Past Crimes of the Archduke

    The Dreams and Past Crimes of the Archduke

    The Dreams and Past Crimes of the Archduke

    91984HD

    Jeff Keen's daughter gave him some music and sound effects recorded at the cinema and invited him to use it as the basis for a film. He added a...

    The Dreams and Past Crimes of the Archduke
  • 1967
    Marvo Movie

    Marvo Movie

    Marvo Movie

    81967HD

    Four minutes of heavily cut-up sound and vision with collage, animation and multiple exposures throughout.

    Marvo Movie