Ken Jacobs

Ken Jacobs (born May 25, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York)[2] is an American experimental filmmaker.[3][4]

For other people named Kenneth Jacobs, see Kenneth Jacobs (disambiguation).
Ken Jacobs
Born (1933-05-25) May 25, 1933
Brooklyn, New York, United States[1]
OccupationFilmmaker
Notable work
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son
Spouse(s)Flo
ChildrenAzazel

He is the director of Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son (1969, USA), which was admitted to the National Film Registry in 2007. His Star Spangled to Death (2004, USA) is a nearly seven-hour film consisting largely of found footage.[5]

Jacobs taught at the Cinema Department at Harpur College at Binghamton University from 1969 to 2002.[6] His son Azazel Jacobs is also a filmmaker.[7]

The style of Jacobs is largely concentrated around the technique of "found footage" - the author works with a stranger in a kinomaterial, sometimes occasional, conceptualizing it on the mounting table. So not only "Star Spangled to Death" appeared, but also another cult film Jacobs "Tom Tom Son Dudocar." "Tom Tom" consists of a multifaceted and detailed analysis of the 1905 film, in which the timing tape increases with eight minutes to almost two hours. Committed in 1969 "Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son" is one of the first examples of deconstruction in the cinema.

In addition to assembly works, Jacobs was engaged in the production. The most famous game film Jacobs became the "Cobra Blonde", shot in the sign of 1963 with the participation of Jack Smith. In the same year, Jack Smith himself removed "Flaming Creatures", and Ron Rice - "Meet the Queen Shebia with an atomic man."

In the 90s, began working with John Zorn and experiment using a stroboscopic effect, digital video and 3D.

Selected filmography
  • Little Stabs at Happiness (1960), 14:57 min, color, sound, 16 mm film on video.[8]
  • Blonde Cobra (1963), 33 min, color and b&w, sound, 16 mm film on video.[8]
  • Window (1964) [9]
  • Lisa and Joey in Connecticut (1965), 21:59 min, color, silent, Super 8mm film on video.[8]
  • Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son (1969), 133 min, color and b&w.[8]
  • Perfect Film (1986)
  • Opening the Nineteenth Century: 1896 (1991)
  • The Georgetown Loop (1996), 11 min, b&w, silent.[8]
  • Circling Zero: We See Absence (2002), 114:38 min, color, sound.[10][11]
  • Star Spangled to Death (2004), 440 min, b&w and color, sound, DVD. Clip collection began in 1956.[8]
  • Nymph (2007), 2 min, color, silent.[8]
  • Gift of Fire: Nineteen (Obscure) Frames that Changed the World (2007), 27:30 min, anaglyph 3-D color, surround sound.[8]
  • The Scenic Route (2008), 25 min, color and b&w, sound.[8]
  • Seeking the Monkey King (2011), 39:42 min, color, 5.1 surround sound, HD video.[8]
  • Joys of Waiting for the Broadway Bus (2013), 4–part series, enhanced 3D film digital slides.[12]
  • A Primer in Sky Socialism (2013), color 3D film.[13][14]

Awards and accolades

He is a recipient of the 1994 American Film Institute's Maya Deren Award.[7] In 2012 he received a Creative Capital Moving Image grant award.[15]

References
  1. "Ken Jacobs". Electronic Arts Intermix. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  2. "Light Cone - Ken JACOBS".
  3. "Conversations With History: Ken Jacobs", interview at UC Berkeley
  4. Review of book Optic Antics
  5. Knipfel, Jim (September 2006). ""Movies are All People Know" An Interview With Ken Jacobs". The Brooklyn Rail.
  6. Bunnell, Irene. "Ken Jacobs: Educator, innovator, filmmaker". Binghamton University: Department of Cinema at Harpur College. Binghamton University. Archived from the original on June 11, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  7. "October 17/18 – Ken Jacobs and Azazel Jacobs – Two Different Shows". Los Angeles Film Forum. October 12, 2009. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  8. "Ken Jacobs-Biography". Electronic Arts Intermix. EAI. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  9. Ken Jacobs-IFFR
  10. Sicinski, Michael (May 11, 2015). "3D in the 21st Century. Flash Forward: Four 3D Works by Ken Jacobs". Notebook Digital Magazine.
  11. Ken Jacobs’ documentary “Circling Zero : We See Absence”, 2002, VHS, USA can be found in the Experimental Television Center and its Repository in the Rose Goldsen Archive of New Media Art, Cornell University Library.
  12. "Almost 80, He Continues the Ruckus". New York Times. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  13. New Silent Cinema. Routledge. 2015. ISBN 9781317819448.
  14. "A Primer in Sky Socialism". EMPAC. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  15. "Joys of Waiting for the Broadway Bus / A Primer In Sky Socialism". Creative Capital. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
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