Film Series IX | Myron Ort aka Zeno Okeanos

All Films Volume Nine Film Series IX
Eikono Klastes and Other Films

The Eikono Klastes series, started in the 1960s, was influenced both by the political climate of the times and the spirit of the Bay Area Funk Art movement. The rhythmic montage, which recontextualizes old cartoons, WWII images, and personal 16mm footage, can be seen metaphorically as political satire — cynically examining the cycles of human progress as it deals with the eternal struggle between good and evil.

Also included in this volume is an experimental animation, Punch Film #1/2, produced entirely with old ticket punches, and a series of found "still" film strips conceived cinematically as readymades.

01
Eikono Klastes (Chapter One)
Rhythmic montage
The opening chapter of the Eikono Klastes series, recontextualizing old cartoons, WWII images, and personal 16mm footage as political satire.
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02
Eikono Klastes (Chapter Two)
Rhythmic montage
The second chapter continuing the Eikono Klastes series' recontextualized montage of found and personal footage.
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03
Eikono Klastes (Chapter Three)
Rhythmic montage
The concluding chapter of the Eikono Klastes series.
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04
Punch Film #1/2
Experimental animation
An experimental animation produced entirely with old ticket punches.
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05
Strip Film I
Found film strip
A found "still" film strip conceived cinematically as a readymade.
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06
Strip Film II
Found film strip
A companion piece to Strip Film I, another found "still" film strip readymade.
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07
TNX UB
Part of the collection
Part of the Eikono Klastes and Other Films collection.
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08
Bongo Drums
Part of the collection
Part of the Eikono Klastes and Other Films collection.
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