Fluxfilms

Part 5 · Jan 1, 1965

Sears Catalogue 1-3

Each film frame is a different image from the Sears Roebuck mail order catalogue. The film places pictures of the objects sold by Sears to the consumer society side by side with pictures of female models

Part 6 · Jan 1, 1965

Dots 1 & 2

Single frame exposures of dot-screens.

Part 7 · Jan 1, 1965

Wrist Trick

Various gestures of hand held razorblade, single frame exposures.

Part 8 · Jan 1, 1966

Invocations of Canyons and Boulders (for Stan Brakhage)

"INVOCATION is Higgins' Satie movie... the purest attempt to clear art from any or all historical, esthetic, thematic, ornamental claptrap to regain the lost-eye consciousness." - Jonas Mekas

Part 9 · Jan 1, 1966

10 Feet

Prestype on clear film measuring tape, 10ft. length. No camera. At the end of every foot of film numbers appear, 1, 2, etc to 10

Part 10 · Jan 1, 1966

1000 Frames

Numerals on clear film from 1 to 1000."

Part 11 · Jan 1, 1966

Trace No. 22

Begins with a picture of Marilyn Monroe, then shifts to a female body, shot from belly button down, which is wriggling under piles of cellophane.

Part 12 · Jan 1, 1966

Trace No. 23

Begins with a shot of a demarcation line on an asphalt tennis court. A hand points to the distant landscape, then numbers 408 and 409 appear on a female torso.

Part 13 · Jan 1, 1966

Trace No. 24

X-ray sequence of mouth and throat; eating, salivating, speaking.

Part 14 · Jan 1, 1966

Opus 74, Version 2

Single frame exposures, color. Different image each frame, various items in the room, etc.

Part 15 · Jan 1, 1966

Artype

Artype patterns, intended for loops. Benday dot patterns. Dots, lines. Screens, wavy lines, parallel lines, etc. on clear film. No camera.

Part 16 · Jan 1, 1966

Fluxfilm No. 21

This is fluxfilm No. 21 and without a title

Part 17 · Jan 1, 1966

Readymade

Color test strip from developing tank.

Part 18 · Jan 1, 1966

Word Movie

Single frame exposures of words.

Part 19 · Jan 1, 1966

Dance

"Face Smiling. Hammering a brick. CU of an ear (moving?). Face twitching. Dancing on one leg. Rolls, twitches on the floor. Boxes the wall."

Part 20 · Jan 1, 1966

Police Car

Cale makes a short film called Police Car. No sound, and it is in black & white. Part #31 in the Fluxus Film series.

Part 21 · Jan 1, 1966

Je ne vois rien, je n'entends rien, je ne dis rien

Seeing, Hearing, Saying Nothing. Ben stands with ears, eyes, mouth bandaged.

Part 22 · Jan 2, 1966

The Evil Faerie

Following a series of title cards, a man in sunglasses briefly flutters his hands like fairy. Owen Land states that this film was not made by George Landow, and believes it should be credited to John Cavanaugh. "George Maciunas had a number of films which didn’t have titles on them. Then he put them together into his Fluxus reel and tried to remember who made them. It was an intentional Fluxus joke." (Owen Land, interview with Mark Webber, 2004)

Part 23 · Jan 22, 1966

5 O'Clock in the Morning

A handful of rocks and chestnuts falling, filmed with high speed camera.

Part 24 · Feb 6, 1966

No. 4

This film consists entirely of close ups of famous persons' bottoms. Ono meant it to encourage a dialogue for world peace.

Part 25 · Mar 9, 1966

Disappearing Music for Face

A smile gradually fades into a neutral facial expression.

Part 26 · Mar 9, 1966

Blink

Flicker: White and black alternating frames.

Part 27 · Mar 9, 1966

Smoking

Shot at 2,000 frames per second, this short shows a man exhaling smoke in incredibly slow motion.

Part 28 · Mar 10, 1966

End After 9

Word & number gag, no camera.

Part 29 · Mar 10, 1966

9 Minutes

Time counter, in seconds and minutes.

Part 30 · Mar 10, 1966

Eyeblink

A 16 mm film, featuring Yoko Ono's own eye slowly blinking, shot by Peter Moore with a high-speed camera at 2,000 frames per second, which is projected at normal speed, 24 frames per second, thus creating a slow-motion effect.

Part 31 · Mar 10, 1966

One

Collected as part of the Fluxfilm Anthology (a multi-reel compendium of 37 short films assembled by Fluxus founder and central operator George Maciunas), One captures the lifespan of a single match recorded at 2,000 frames per second using a 16mm high-speed camera. The frame rate is then decelerated to the standard 24fps for presentation. The film emphasizes each gesture, sway and flare of flame as the small pinewood carrier ignites across the landscape of the filmstrip and screen, signalling the drama and poetics of this ”minor” event before the fire is extinguished. One also stands as an unassuming beacon, immortalizing on film the essence of some of Ono’s early concerns as an artist. At the slightest touch of fire, they burst into flame. Strike everywhere. Strike often.

Part 32 · Mar 10, 1966

Shout

Close-ups of two faces, shouting at each other.

Part 33 · Dec 31, 1966

Entrance to Exit

Features entrance and exit door signs, fading through black and white.

Part 34 · Jan 1, 1969

Faire un effort

Lifting and holding up a chest of drawers.

Part 35 · Jan 1, 1970

Fluxfilm No. 36

Tips of feet walking at the edge of frame, all around the frame.

Part 36 · Jan 1, 1970

Fluxfilm No. 37

Face going out of focus by layering sheets of plastic between camera and subject.