Movies: Jacques Verbeek

A man and a woman, are in a closed cube that continuously rotates. Using animation, it is possible to look inside this moving space because walls are removed and replaced at just the right moment. The movements of these two people form a kind of cho...

A play of light and shadow in an artificial architectural environment with pillars and a checkered floor, featuring a female figure. The film is composed of tinted photographs and photomontages....

A house with constantly changing interiors, surrounded by different types of landscapes, is shown from various angles, in response to music....

A woman walks down a staircase of which the steps gradually become adrift, and change into triangular forms. Spatial and geometric illusions are created by the unusual camerawork and choreography....

In Wiertz and Verbeek's kinetic, kaleidoscopic opus Keep on Turning (1974, 3 min, 16mm, sound) cubes convey, rotate and shift in tandem....

A film-which objects zoals the body, roses, cats, and leaves are interwoven into continuous movements. The result is not a story, but gives an impression Instead of an animated carpet with pattern-like elements....

In sequence, we see an acrobat, a nurse, a German officer, and a majorette. They are alone in their own white room, and are wearing lots of makeup: black around their eyes and mouths, almost like a skull. They move tensely, and radiate a sense of des...

A power ritual at a house and a power struggle during a journey over land and water....

Continuous movements or tilting, rotating, and inter-nesting blocks and surfaces....

A photo animation of a woman standing in a cube. Through the windows of the cube, we see an aquarelle dune landscape. To the music of the pop song Time Takes a Cigarette, the woman smokes a cigarette as the camera makes a 360° rotation....

Experimental documentary focusing on the design of the buildings of the Technical High School in Eindhoven. Through the visual means of film and the technical possibilities of camera and photography, reality becomes pure abstraction....