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This website accompanies the book Experimental Cinema: Structures, Systems and Strategies by Simon Payne (BFI/Bloomsbury 2026).
It is a repository of links to several of the films and videos that are covered in the book. It is a work in progress, with additional links forthcoming.
Please note, the content is only visible on a desktop screen.
The links below are compiled under the chapter headings of the book, corresponding with the order in which the films and videos are discussed.
Many of them have been provided by the artists themselves. Sometimes the links take viewers to secondary sources such as UbuWeb and Youtube, or distributors that charge a small fee. All of the work listed here is available to hire for public screenings and exhibitions. (Distributors include LUX [London], Lightcone [Paris] and the Film-makers Cooperative [NYC].) Any opportunity to see it in its original format is highly recommended.

Three Ss
Stephen Littman

After Duchamp: William Raban

By candlelight: Elemental cinema and flicker
Neil Henderson
Portrait of Evan Parker (2010)
Three Studies in Geography (2011)
Savinder Bual

Constructivism into film: Systems art and Guy Sherwin
Guy Sherwin
Painted Screen Series (1970–2023)
Darrell Viner

Dark from light: Nick Collins' films

Film music: Jayne Parker and John Cage
Jayne Parker
591/2 Seconds for s String Player (2000)
John Cage

Games and challenges in artists' films and videos
Jenny Baines
Unrehearsed Dance Moves (2022)
Gyration (2023)

In search of a sensual philosophy: Malcolm Le Grice

Knitting patterns in Jennifer Nightingale's films
Selected Cornish and Faroese Knitting Pattern Films (2016–17)











Lenghts and lines: artists' filmstrips
Bea Haut
Lis Rhodes
Lynn Loo
Cathy Rogers
Matches: Responses to Annabel Nicolson's expanded cinema
Mary Stark
Film as Fabric (2013–17)
Maria Anastassiou
Lightning Strikes (2013)
Deniz Johns
Media Blackout II (2017)
Not far at all: Peter Gidal
Object 1: Montage in Samantha Rebello's films
Outer Casing of a Few Small Creatures (2004)
Primary structures: David Hall's sculpture of the screen
Quartets and quadrants: Nicky Hamlyn
Signals: Teaching learning and positive feedback
Guy Sherwin
Karoliona Raczynski
Tree again: Chris Welsby
Vide0void: David Larcher and Anthony McCall
Anthony McCall
Words: John Smith and Lis Rhodes
John Smith
Lis Rhodes
Chris Welsby
Bea Haut