Lawrence Janiak Movies

  • 1970
    Disintegration Line #2

    Disintegration Line #2

    Disintegration Line #2

    5.61970HD

    DL2 reflects the influence of the American Bauhaus movement in Chicago introduced by Lazlo Moholy-Nagy during the late 30s/early 40s. The fim was...

    Disintegration Line #2
  • 1999
    Animation Film Making: A Teaching Method at the Institute of Design 1968 to 1980

    Animation Film Making: A Teaching Method at the Institute of Design 1968 to 1980

    Animation Film Making: A Teaching Method at the Institute of Design 1968 to 1980

    01999HD

    A short video documentary on Larry Janiak's time as an instructor at the Institute of Design in Chicago, where he taught undergraduate and graduate...

    Animation Film Making: A Teaching Method at the Institute of Design 1968 to 1980
  • 1966
    Vedanta Temple Dedication Ceremony

    Vedanta Temple Dedication Ceremony

    Vedanta Temple Dedication Ceremony

    01966HD

    This documentary film by Larry Janiak and Steve Rose records the day-long ceremonies during the dedication of the new Vivekananda Vedanta Society...

    Vedanta Temple Dedication Ceremony
  • 1970
    Homage #5

    Homage #5

    Homage #5

    01970HD

    An unfinished film, or preliminary sketch, that pairs live action film with a recorded lecture on reincarnation by Baba Ram Dass, an American...

    Homage #5
  • 1965
    Hale House

    Hale House

    Hale House

    01965HD

    A documentary film about Hale House, a Chicago home where Swami Vivekananda lived while a speaker at the 1893 Parliament of Religions at the...

    Hale House
  • 1964
    Agamemnon in New York

    Agamemnon in New York

    Agamemnon in New York

    01964HD

    What started as a film test on new sync-sound film equipment quickly became a short film documenting the typical nuttiness behind the scenes at...

    Agamemnon in New York
  • 1964
    Glasshouse

    Glasshouse

    Glasshouse

    01964HD

    A documentary film of a large terrarium made out of wood and glass that Janiak built using handmade wood joints during the summer of 1959. The design...

    Glasshouse
  • 1960
    Allegro

    Allegro

    Allegro

    01960HD

    Handmade, direct animation film using rubber based masking material and colored dye. Rhthmic colored linear patterns of abstract grids move in...

    Allegro
  • 1963
    Adams Film

    Adams Film

    Adams Film

    01963HD

    Adams Film is a visual collage combining live action footage with abstract images and textures drawn onto 16mm film stock. Footage of a casual Janiak...

    Adams Film
  • 1965
    Life and Film

    Life and Film

    Life and Film

    01965HD

    A collaborative film conceived as a ‘picture postcard,’ the moving images recorded by the camera mirroring the card’s picture side,...

    Life and Film
  • 1960
    Disintegration Line #1

    Disintegration Line #1

    Disintegration Line #1

    01960HD

    A direct animation film featuring black and white full frame motion as opalescent as the dancing night sky. The abstract animation field textures...

    Disintegration Line #1