Marie Menken Movies

"Spattered paint responding to gravity, forming its own patterns and combinations of color." -- M.M.

A short, diaristic film; A series of impressions, animations and playful vignettes in color and B&W. Early/ Outtake footage of Menken's Lights can be...

Inspired by Bibbe Hansen's experiences in a juvenile detention center.

Marie Menken film

A boat trip with friends round Manhattan, shot in single-frame mode

In this strange little film, Marie Menken photographs billowy flames superimposed over microscopic medical footage of writhing spermatozoa.

Shot over a period of three years. Marie Menken photographed New York window displays during the Christmas holiday. In order to avoid foot and street...

"By 1967, Menken had become interested in the work of Fluxus artist Robert Watts and made a short animation piece, Watts with EGGS, in which she...

"A study in light based on persistence of vision and enhancement from eye fatigue." -- M.M.

A film by Marie Menken.

Zenscapes is an abstract film on light

A film of a painting of a sound. Piet Mondrian's 'Broadway Boogie-Woogie' is translated into visual boogie rhythm.

Various forms of everyday motion in and around a city are shown at rapid speed.

Photography: Willard Maas and John Hawkins. "Looking down instead of around, while walking, finding the magic patterns in the pavements of a...