Jeff Keen Movies

  • 1990
    Blazomatika

    Blazomatika

    Blazomatika

    81990HD

    Produced by Jeff Keen for looping in an exhibition context.

    Blazomatika
  • 1980
    Return of Silver Head

    Return of Silver Head

    Return of Silver Head

    91980HD

    The Keen family go on holiday in the jungles of the English countryside while the mysterious Silver Head - Jeff Keen wearing an inside-out,...

    Return of Silver Head
  • 2006
    Eyeblaze

    Eyeblaze

    Eyeblaze

    02006HD

    Experimental animation created using a video pen.

    Eyeblaze
  • 1991
    Plazmatic Blatz

    Plazmatic Blatz

    Plazmatic Blatz

    81991HD

    Stealth bombers hover over crashing waves and ruined land. Using found footage and several thick layers of video, Jeff Keen presents and visceral...

    Plazmatic Blatz
  • 2000
    Art Flies Free

    Art Flies Free

    Art Flies Free

    02000HD

    A Super-8 portrait of Jeff Keen. This short but evocative experimental portrait melds Keen's style with that of its maker, Ian Helliwell, another...

    Art Flies Free
  • 1991
    Omozap

    Omozap

    Omozap

    91991HD

    Omozap is a gun-wielding wildman and Keen anti-superhero akin to The Punisher. Compulsive animation and action look to the Artwar films and videos to...

    Omozap
  • 1993
    Kino Pulveriso

    Kino Pulveriso

    Kino Pulveriso

    91993HD

    The Artwar face peers through painted celluloid and a barrage of explosions and film noise.

    Kino Pulveriso
  • 1975
    Lone Star

    Lone Star

    Lone Star

    81975HD

    One of Jeff Keen's diary films. Keen made many diary films with his daughter, wife and friends in the late 60s and 70s. These were edited in camera...

    Lone Star
  • 1960
    Wail

    Wail

    Wail

    91960HD

    Experimental short featuring motorbikes and animation. This is the second version of Jeff Keen's first film; that film became too worn.

    Wail
  • 1968
    Meatdaze

    Meatdaze

    Meatdaze

    91968HD

    Made to represent an entire cinema programme, Meatdaze consists of six sections that include cartoons, supporting and main features.

    Meatdaze
  • 1965
    Missing Close-ups

    Missing Close-ups

    Missing Close-ups

    91965HD

    Jeff Keen thought that some of his previous films had been dominated by long-shots. In this film he grapples with the language of cinema, not as a...

    Missing Close-ups
  • 1990
    Blatzom in Artwar

    Blatzom in Artwar

    Blatzom in Artwar

    81990HD

    This vibrant montage of colours and positive and negative images shows Jeff Keen filtering and reflecting on his previous films.

    Blatzom in Artwar
  • 1972
    White Dust

    White Dust

    White Dust

    101972HD

    Named after the horror film White Zombie and the rom-com Red Dust (both 1932), White Dust follows the friends and family of Keen while they explore...

    White Dust
  • 1995
    Omozap in Artwar

    Omozap in Artwar

    Omozap in Artwar

    81995HD

    This compilation work uses Keen's drawing computer, screams and gunfire and proclaims ' enemy territory is outside the frame. Includes the titles...

    Omozap in Artwar
  • 1965
    Instant Cinema

    Instant Cinema

    Instant Cinema

    9.31965HD

    This early quick-fire cut-up animation melds machine gunfire with scratched film. The soundtrack was made by Keen in 2007 with a wasp synthesizer and...

    Instant Cinema
  • 1969
    Family Star (The Mutt & Jeff Icecream Sundae + Mothman)

    Family Star (The Mutt & Jeff Icecream Sundae + Mothman)

    Family Star (The Mutt & Jeff Icecream Sundae + Mothman)

    91969HD

    Various different holiday locations ar joined together through the pleasures of ice cream in The Mutt & Jeff Icecream Sundae, while in Mothman the...

    Family Star (The Mutt & Jeff Icecream Sundae + Mothman)
  • 1990
    Artwar Loop 2

    Artwar Loop 2

    Artwar Loop 2

    91990HD

    The Artwar loops were made for non-cinematic exhibition and go from harsh film surface noise to colour bars and other video effects filmed from the...

    Artwar Loop 2
  • 1995
    Artwar Fallout + Artwar 3

    Artwar Fallout + Artwar 3

    Artwar Fallout + Artwar 3

    8.21995HD

    Footage of the first Iraq War is jarringly intercut with shots of the artist painting at the local tip and at home. Drawing upon pivotal moments in...

    Artwar Fallout + Artwar 3
  • 1990
    Pulverised Cinema

    Pulverised Cinema

    Pulverised Cinema

    81990HD

    Jeff Keen processes his cinematic past in this filmic attack on his back catalogue.

    Pulverised Cinema
  • 1993
    Artwar: The Last Frontier

    Artwar: The Last Frontier

    Artwar: The Last Frontier

    81993HD

    For this video, Jeff Keen had all his images for the Artwar series run together and over the top of each other.

    Artwar: The Last Frontier