Kathy Rose

Movies

Architecture of the Breath
Director
Entering the magical world of web builders....in which we work and breathe with them as they unreel a complex harmonious world...we follow.
Beings of the 2nd Sphere
Director
As the masks fall, our true faces are revealed in this film's nocturnal universe of drawings where the loons cry and the fireflies bespeckle the sky.
Palace of the Infinite
Director
Rose’s mesmerizing encounter with a variety of orchid beings and her own unstoppable imagination.
City of Lost Moons
Director
A poetic vision of the self and the moon, carpeted with voices; a ritual of the mind.
Reverie of the Puppets
Director
In this film, the viewer is taken to a beautiful landscape of tress that gradually becomes more psychedelic and dreamlike. At the end the dreamers dream, and the sleepers sleep.
The Unpainted Woman
Director
Part Fantastic Voyage, part celebration of my younger self, this is a finely crafted jewel in which I am looking for those who are not immune to splendor. Reality is both harsh and wondrous. I am trying to circumvent it all.
Cubistemenco
Director
A dance where the stylized personae impart a world of pattern and rhythm. Rose originally used the film's music for a live dance that combined flamenco with a Japanese sensibility.
She
Director
An insectoid fantasy with an indio/arachnid soundtrack by C.P. Roth. The film reflects Rose's fascination with butoh dance theatre.
Queen of the Fluids
Director
As the rain falls backwards, a golden queen rises up. As the gold drips out of her body, we enter her mind into a metaphysical kingdom.
Anijam
Animation
The bizarre adventures of the cartoon character Foska, drawn by 22 animators working in collaboration. Each animator worked on his or her own sequence only and did not know what action preceded or followed his or her sequence, except that the first drawing of a sequence is the last drawing from the previous sequence.
Primitive Movers
Director
Directed by Kathy Rose.
Pencil Booklings
Director
"In a charming fantasy about the art of aimation, each character has a unique personality. Kathy is even invited to join her characters in ther cartoon world, thus adding another playful dimension to the theme of the relationship of an artist to her materials." - WorldCat
The Doodlers
Director
Miss Nose and her class engage in drawings in an absurdist animation.
The Arts Circus
Director
A vividly colorful film in which weird beings emerge from the screen to cavort.
The Mysterians
Director
Animation and bizarre creative imagery
Mirror People
Director
To a sound-track of fun-house screams and cackles, Mirror People, a tribe of Halloween hallucinations, fuse into each other and get absorbed into their reflections and their environments in a universe where all is flux and nothing is stable, except for the constant delights of metamorphosis.
Mirror People
To a sound-track of fun-house screams and cackles, Mirror People, a tribe of Halloween hallucinations, fuse into each other and get absorbed into their reflections and their environments in a universe where all is flux and nothing is stable, except for the constant delights of metamorphosis.
The Moon Show
Director
A delightfully and cleverly animated film similar in style to Kathy Rose's other films
Birds
Director
Film by Kathy Rose. 1971/1972
Movers
Director
Animated film by Kathy Rose
Portraits
Director
Live action and animation combination by Kathy Rose
Frances
Director
Early black and white live action portrait film by Kathy Rose.
Performance Excerpts
Director
A collection of recorded excerpts of some of Kathy Rose's celebrated live performances, including The Cathedral of Emptiness, Oriental Interplay, and Syncopations.
Opera of the Interior
Director
As the eye awakens and brings forth consciousness, prepare to enter the world of the interior.