Werner Nekes Movies

An experimental film about the interpenetration of various levels of communication, dealing with the relationship of the pictorial functions to those...

The history of the magic lantern with demonstrations of moving slides, watertank or polarisation slides, followed by images on paper, which are...

Directed by Werner Nekes.

A satire with cinematical comedy. No other medium would permit this specific form. The comic potential of pithy scraps of dialogue between safari...

Directed by Werner Nekes.

Directed by Werner Nekes.

A part of Werner Nekes' lyrical anthology DIWAN.

"KELEK belongs to the 'structural' or 'minimal' cinema movement in that its content is subordinated to the viewer's perception and has no intrinsic...

Picture montage was a central aspect in the early history of visual media. As early as the 16th century, techniques such as the folding picture...

A fixed shot showing six persons, looking into the camera inertly. Gradually tiny, minimal movements can be registered.

The film traces the history of the camera obscura, the understanding of perspective and anamorphosis, peepshows and it shows the beauty of historical...

Based on principles of double projection. Here, two pictures are projected on top of each other: on the upper screen is K, the head of the actor,...

SPACECUT makes the frame a very strong culminating structure. Every frame is different, yet the almost half hour assembly of images results in a...

This film, conceived for an "oral culture" shows cows on a pasture in Northern Germany in one single shot. With interruptions, the cows seem to...

A grotesque review of actions performed in vain and those of frustration incarnate: it is about the vain attempt to button up a pair of briefs, the...

A part of Werner Nekes' lyrical anthology DIWAN.