Karel Doing Movies

  • 1997
    Saint

    Saint

    Saint

    5.61997HD

    Saint is a short black and white film without dialogue shot on Super-8, that portrays the martyrdom of St. Sebastian through evocative imagery and...

    Saint
  • 2014
    Dark Matter

    Dark Matter

    Dark Matter

    7.52014HD

    This personal film is made up of landscape photos from the archive of the director's father, through which he returns to his life while exploring the...

    Dark Matter
  • 2023
    Oxygen

    Oxygen

    Oxygen

    02023HD

    Blades of grass are racing across the screen.

    Oxygen
  • 2024
    Agapanthus

    Agapanthus

    Agapanthus

    02024HD

    A mosaic of organic forms that tumble on top of each other.

    Agapanthus
  • 2008
    Getijden

    Getijden

    Getijden

    02008HD

    'Getijden' consists of 8 parts, a carousel of images and sounds revolving in a mysterious parallel world, and filled with different emotions and...

    Getijden
  • 1997
    Maas Observation

    Maas Observation

    Maas Observation

    01997HD

    In Maas Observation Doing and Pope demonstrate their fascination in the bizarre landscape of the port of Rotterdam, a stretch of 'neo-nature' with...

    Maas Observation
  • 2010
    Liquidator

    Liquidator

    Liquidator

    02010HD

    A project making innovative use of existing archive images of Willy Mullens’ silent film Haarlem (1922). The original film shows the city in...

    Liquidator
  • 2018
    Dandelion

    Dandelion

    Dandelion

    02018HD

    A couple of years ago I have discovered new possibilities for the creation of images on film-emulsion by using the internal chemistry of plants. This...

    Dandelion
  • 1994
    Meni

    Meni

    Meni

    01994HD

    A girl dancing, repeated movements; Two layers of film superimposed and shifting in a complex rhythm, accompanied by an African drum. The making of...

    Meni
  • 2023
    Babbler, Fairy and Thrush

    Babbler, Fairy and Thrush

    Babbler, Fairy and Thrush

    02023HD

    An unfiltered stream of perception: small objects and grand panoramas appear simultaneously. The certainties of near and far, detail and overview,...

    Babbler, Fairy and Thrush
  • 2013
    Palindrome Series

    Palindrome Series

    Palindrome Series

    02013HD

    Double screen series of 5 films. All of them constructed as a palindrome; a sequence of elements which appear the same when perceived both forwards...

    Palindrome Series
  • 2004
    Four Eyes

    Four Eyes

    Four Eyes

    02004HD

    The 'four eyes' are playing with musical toys and the ABC of cinema. The music has references to western traditional music that is usually ignored,...

    Four Eyes
  • 2017
    Wilderness Series

    Wilderness Series

    Wilderness Series

    02017HD

    By using plants, mud and salt in conjunction with alternative photochemistry, images are 'grown' on motion picture film. What at first glance is...

    Wilderness Series
  • 2002
    A Voyage of Discovery to Tarakan

    A Voyage of Discovery to Tarakan

    A Voyage of Discovery to Tarakan

    22002HD

    Karel Doing follows the route taken by his uncle Ed Huis in ‘t Veld, who was executed in 1942 by Japanese forces on the Indonesian island of...

    A Voyage of Discovery to Tarakan
  • 2018
    The Mulch Spider’s Dream

    The Mulch Spider’s Dream

    The Mulch Spider’s Dream

    02018HD

    In 1974 Thomas Nagel published his famous essay "What is it like to be a bat?" arguing that there is a specific mental state to each organism....

    The Mulch Spider’s Dream
  • 2022
    A Perfect Storm

    A Perfect Storm

    A Perfect Storm

    02022HD

    A PERFECT STORM is a landscape film or, more precisely, a landscape imprinted on the film's emulsion. The artist has used seeds, tiny composite...

    A Perfect Storm
  • 1999
    Energy Energy

    Energy Energy

    Energy Energy

    01999HD

    A found footage film is a collage of documentary and training films from the first half of the 20th century. What connects them is the idea of...

    Energy Energy
  • 2005
    Egg

    Egg

    Egg

    02005HD

    A dreamy document about finding a fragile treasure amongst a hasty crowd, the drinking of water, some wandering between stones, and the vulnerabilty...

    Egg
  • 2021
    In Vivo

    In Vivo

    In Vivo

    02021HD

    "In Vivo" is an assemblage of found footage. Doing doesn't provide much in the way of conventional context as to how these varied sources interrelate...

    In Vivo
  • 2020
    Phytography

    Phytography

    Phytography

    02020HD

    "Phytography" dives into the rich and varied world of plant chemistry. This collection of organic objets trouvés demonstrates how nature...

    Phytography