Fishing for Goldfish

A look at the artwork of Aleister Crowley.

The mute documentary-experimental film "Ten Minutes of Silence" is a film expression of the trends embodied in the painting "Black Square" by Malevich and J. Cage in music.

Egypt's only modernist architect Hassan Fathy (1900-1989) was committed to ecology and sustainability in his architecture. This film takes us with slow steps, in still images, to two villages he created. Fathy's historically grounded, forward-looking designs prompt us to reflect on the past as well as contemplate new solutions for the future.

Consisting of a single shot, Spiders on a Web is one of the earliest British examples of close-up natural history photography. Made by one of the pioneers of the British film industry, G.A. Smith, this short film details spiders trapped in an enclosure, and despite the title, does not actually feature a web.

Madame Ondine performs a serpentine dance surrounded by big cats.

Elaborate floats and costumes parading the streets of Nice.

Teasing tigers with meat.

A view of the entrance to the Stockholmsutställlningen, the World Exhibition in Stockholm.

Panorama film shot floating down the Seine.

A battalion, preceded by three riders and a military marching band, parades in front of the crowd. A man is manoeuvring a handcart bearing the inscription "Sunlight Soap" in the foreground.

A man trots around on a horse for the camera.

Young people dive into the sea by jumping off a manmade wooden raft, while a small boat loaded with passengers passes by.

American Indians dancing.

Released on October 4, 1896 in Lyon ( France ) under the title “ Fêtes de l'inauguration du monument de Guillaume Ier à Breslau : II. - Le voile tombe (Lyon républicain, 4 octobre 1896)”. (catalogue-lumiere.com)

African men dance, sing and play instruments.

An impression of the funeral parade for Victoria, Queen of England, filmed in London (via https://catalogue-lumiere.com/le-char-funebre/)

A steamboat coming to port.

Lumière Brothers film automobiles driving at the Champs-Elysées.

A view of the Ferris wheel from the Chicago Exposition of 1893, turning slowly.

Overview of the Alexandre III bridge during the World Exhibition in Paris.