Phenomenon No. 1 (1964): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 1964, Phenomenon No. 1 is a notable film directed by Stan VanDerBeek.

What it’s about. Dream matrix, history written in lightning image, memory and the TV syntax, images flowing and fused together to other images and electronic tapestry of images half seen, sought for, seeking man's dreams, movies as dreams, history as media. "The artist will tell you it is as much a process he is interested in ... as a result. Art is a process – life is a process – are they the same process? So many of the artists became unhappy about this eternal, unyielding quality in their art, and they began to wish their work were more like shoes, more temporary, more human, more able to admit of the possibility of change. The fixed, finished work began to be supplemented by the idea of work as a process, constantly becoming something else, tentative, allowing more than one interpretation." – Dick Higgins

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Phenomenon No. 1 page.