Edward Luyken Movies

  • 1985
    Negative

    Negative

    Negative

    01985HD

    The film begins with negative images of the destruction or etching plates. In the following scenes, we see images of construction workers, (dance)...

    Negative
  • 1984
    Celvast

    Celvast

    Celvast

    01984HD

    In the early 1980s, Edward Luyken had his own studio on the Lijnbaansgracht in Amsterdam. He also lived in the studio. In Celvast, diary images from...

    Celvast
  • 1977
    Berlin

    Berlin

    Berlin

    01977HD

    The filmmaker travels by train from France to Berlin. In six short chapters, we see the journey and the city. These are short still lives that remove...

    Berlin
  • 1977
    Zero One

    Zero One

    Zero One

    01977HD

    Zero-One is a figurative animation film consisting of thirty short animations. Luyken consistently begins with a triangle. From this triangle, new...

    Zero One
  • 1979
    Tikal Temple

    Tikal Temple

    Tikal Temple

    01979HD

    Experimental film

    Tikal Temple
  • 1996
    Armature

    Armature

    Armature

    01996HD

    Luyken reads aloud autobiographical texts, as we see images of a performance by Eve Heyningen as Ophelia. Around the lake are sixteen stones that...

    Armature
  • 1988
    Echelon

    Echelon

    Echelon

    01988HD

    Echelon begins with images of Luyken’s sons, who are hitting pieces of a sarcophagus. We then see images of performances that depict a disabled...

    Echelon
  • 1987
    De macht der twee

    De macht der twee

    De macht der twee

    01987HD

    Duality is the starting point for this collection of Luyken-like associations: his two sons at different locations perform small actions; signed a...

    De macht der twee
  • 1979
    Ten Past Six

    Ten Past Six

    Ten Past Six

    01979HD

    The visual artist Luyken in his studio (in New York), in a stop-motion film in which he creates ephemeral works of art on a white wall, using paint,...

    Ten Past Six
  • 1979
    Painted Monitor

    Painted Monitor

    Painted Monitor

    01979HD

    An evening of television is apparently reduced to a few minutes. The image is blue, with an occasional hint of red for contrast.

    Painted Monitor
  • 1979
    Entr'acte

    Entr'acte

    Entr'acte

    01979HD

    Against the background of a white wall, Luyken films two performances. The images are interspersed with one another: a man and a woman are painted...

    Entr'acte
  • 1978
    White Line Fever

    White Line Fever

    White Line Fever

    01978HD

    A filmed diary that documents the period that Luyken stayed in the United States. The film consists of three parts: a half-hour filmed in New York, a...

    White Line Fever
  • 1978
    Seven-Zero-Seven

    Seven-Zero-Seven

    Seven-Zero-Seven

    01978HD

    This film is composed of ten films, some of which originally intended for display on three screens at once; the first was Berlino-Milan-Lisboa ; a...

    Seven-Zero-Seven
  • 1978
    La rencontre

    La rencontre

    La rencontre

    01978HD

    Performance by Edward Luyken in his Paris home. Luyken wears overalls like those worn by German tank soldiers. First he plays with a kind of amulet,...

    La rencontre