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Pictures taken between France and Mexico running at 8 frames per second.

The animation, music, and optical printing of Kitsch in Synch was produced by Beckett and the students in two classes he was teaching at CalArts. Although a group project, it is clear that Beckett was the director. The playful, catchy soundtrack is used to create a cycle of building tension and release. The brightly colored shapes create approximate symmetrical formations and become more densely layered, with glimpses of iconographic objects and even live footage near the end. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with the iotaCenter, in 2007.

Experimental animation film, with a visual focus on geometrical shapes and straight lines

Machinima-adaptation of Albert Camus book "L'étranger", done in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Pelas ruas ou: Como as lembranças me fizeram ficar perdido em meu próprio ser

Seraphim Cloud and his life size doppelgänger enter the netherworld of Calico Ghost Town deep within the Mojave Desert.

An experimental short from Oskar Fischinger

An abstract computer-generated film. The image is of squares revolving in space around and through each other. Colors and forms multiply and divide against a beautiful symphonic score by George Kleinsinger.

Video art by Vibeke Sorensen made at Calarts in 1989

A child is attacked and turned into a chimera and must learn to navigate his strange world as an entirely new kind of being.

Abstract video art by John Sanborn and Dean Winkler. Dedicated to Ed Emshwiller.

A comic book character searches for a new home after leaving his own story.

An homage to the influential practice and philosophy of artist Nasreen Mohamedi. The film incorporates Mohamedi’s personal notes and her unique singular vision, drawing upon the aesthetics of the bare line, and its metaphysical journey eliminating physical borders/barriers.

A brief journey through the human experience as seen by the eyes of an Artificial Intelligence.

A life, seen through paper.

Fragments of a collective post-human dream construct a world that straddles hyper-technological, ecological, and mythological dimensions.

A chain reaction as a new Olympic sport.

A lensless exploration of hair on 35mm film.

Threnody emphasises some of the madness and instability of a year filled with fires, infections and general disarray.

Filmed on 16mm film, this visual expression is rooted in its archival materials and backed up by the poem by Hans Magnus Enzensberger. It speaks of the forgotten people, their lives and their deeds. These two Archives have been found on the flea market in Zagreb. One is of a famous architect and the other one is of a famous composer. This film ponders on this occurrence, on the vanishing of and forgetfulness of humans.