A frequent guest at the Museum-and the subject of a 1996 MoMA retrospective-Jacobs continues to surprise us with amazing inventions that mine the unlimited possibilities of creating with light and moving images. Enormously influential as both a teacher and a font of radical filmmaking ideas, he has prepared several generations of teachers, writers, filmmakers, and discerning audience members to actively engage, with an equal amount of open-minded awe and healthy skepticism, with a media-saturated world. Correction: at 80 years old he’s more productive than ever, having enthusiastically embraced digital filmmaking. He is a pioneer who, after more than 50 years as a filmmaker, remains as innovative and productive as ever. As one of the founding fathers of American experimental cinema, Ken Jacobs’s impact cannot be overstated.
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