Jeff Keen
Directing
Jeff Keen (1923–2012) was a pioneer of experimental film whose rapid-fire animations, multiple screen projections and raucous performances redefined multimedia art in Britain. Keen was a veteran of the Second World War, and his work powerfully evokes the violence, colour, speed and noise of the 20th century. He transformed cinema into a riotous collage of comics, drawings, B-movie posters, plastic toys, burning props and extravagant costumes. His early 8 mm and 16 mm films are built for speed, combining footage of Beat-era motifs – jazz, motorbikes and car culture – with experimental animations in which the achievements and atrocities of the 20th century seem to flash by within a few short, cacophonous seconds. A single frame could not contain the frenzied energy of Keen’s imagination, and by the mid-1960s he began to use multiple screens and live action in presentations of his work.
Known for
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movieEyeblaze
2006
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movieOmozap Terribelis
2002
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movieAfterblatz 2
2002
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movieJoy Thru Film
2000
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movieKino Staccato
1999
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movieOmozap in Artwar
1995
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movieArtwar
1994
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movieHamma Blatz Onata
1994
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movieKino Pulveriso
1993
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moviePlazmatic Blatz
1991
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movieOmozap 2
1991
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movieOmozap
1991
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movieArtwar Loop 1
1990
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moviePlasticator
1990
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movieBlazomatika
1990
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movieBlatzom in Artwar
1990
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movieArtwar Loop 2
1990
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moviePulverised Cinema
1990
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movieSpontaneous Combustion
1989
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movieBlatzom
1986
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movieReturn of Silver Head
1980
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movieVictory Thru Film Power
1980
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movieMad Love
1978
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Diary Films
1976
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movie24 Films
1975
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movieRosa Canina
1975
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movieLone Star
1975
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movieWhite Dust
1972
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movieStolen Moments
1972
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movieRayday Film
1970
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movieDay of the Arcane Light
1969
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movieMeatdaze
1968
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movieWhite Lite
1968
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movieMarvo Movie
1967
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movieCineblatz
1967
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movieMissing Close-ups
1965
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movieFlik Flak
1965
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movieInstant Cinema
1965
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movieThe Pink Auto
1964
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movieBreakout
1962
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movieLike the Time Is Now
1961
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movieThe Autumn Feast
1961
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movieWail
1960
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movieWhite Lite
1968
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movieMarvo Movie
1967
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Crew1
movieThe Autumn Feast
1961
Cinematography