Robert Breer Movies

  • 1962
    Pat's Birthday

    Pat's Birthday

    Pat's Birthday

    5.31962HD

    Breer was influenced by the new performance art and "happenings" making waves in the avant-garde of Europe and New York. He worked briefly with Claes...

    Pat's Birthday
  • 1970
    70

    70

    70

    5.31970HD

    "Made with spray paint and hand-cut stencils, this film was an attempt at maximum plastic intensity… Places Breer for the first time among the...

    70
  • 1959
    Eyewash (Alternate Version)

    Eyewash (Alternate Version)

    Eyewash (Alternate Version)

    01959HD

    A free flow from photography to geometric abstraction hand-painted by Breer. Alternate version.

    Eyewash (Alternate Version)
  • 1969
    69

    69

    69

    5.21969HD

    Robert Breer animation from 1969. 16mm, color, silent, using spray paint & stencils.

    69
  • 1980
    Swiss Army Knife with Rats and Pigeons

    Swiss Army Knife with Rats and Pigeons

    Swiss Army Knife with Rats and Pigeons

    6.51980HD

    Utilising an apparently new-found obsession with the colour red and reinvigorating some of the circular imagery of A Man and His Dog Out for Air and...

    Swiss Army Knife with Rats and Pigeons
  • 1952
    Form Phases I

    Form Phases I

    Form Phases I

    6.51952HD

    Breer's earliest experiments in animation are wonderfully dense yet lyrical abstractions based on Breer's own geometric paintings. - Harvard Film...

    Form Phases I
  • 1953
    Form Phases IV

    Form Phases IV

    Form Phases IV

    6.81953HD

    Breer's earliest experiments in animation are wonderfully dense yet lyrical abstractions based on Breer's own geometric paintings. - Harvard Film...

    Form Phases IV
  • 1966
    66

    66

    66

    4.81966HD

    Abstract, quasi-geometric study in interrupted continuity.

    66
  • 1962
    Horse Over Tea Kettle

    Horse Over Tea Kettle

    Horse Over Tea Kettle

    6.51962HD

    A woman with an umbrella, a frog and other easily recognizable creatures and objects are moved and transformed within an intricate orchestration of...

    Horse Over Tea Kettle
  • 1953
    Form Phases II

    Form Phases II

    Form Phases II

    61953HD

    Breer's earliest experiments in animation are wonderfully dense yet lyrical abstractions based on Breer's own geometric paintings. - Harvard Film...

    Form Phases II
  • 1953
    Form Phases III

    Form Phases III

    Form Phases III

    71953HD

    Different stages of paintings made with ink. The ink fuses, spreads.

    Form Phases III
  • 1975
    Solstice and Solyanka

    Solstice and Solyanka

    Solstice and Solyanka

    01975HD

    Super 8 film. Observations of the Institute on Film, Video & Photography, Amherst, MA, summer 1975. Among the cast of characters, in order of...

    Solstice and Solyanka
  • 1972
    Gulls and Buoys

    Gulls and Buoys

    Gulls and Buoys

    6.11972HD

    An abstract view of a seacoast landscape, created by mixing original line drawings and rotoscoped imagery traced from live-action footage, presented...

    Gulls and Buoys
  • 1955
    Image by Images II

    Image by Images II

    Image by Images II

    91955HD

    Image by Images II
  • 1955
    Image by Images III

    Image by Images III

    Image by Images III

    71955HD

    Image by Images III