[Frameworks] Ken Jacobs

[Esperanza Collado]

Thanks for sharing this, Pip.

Another significant loss for the community.

Best,

Esperanza Collado
www.esperanzacollado.net


On Tue, 7 Oct 2025 at 02:03, m b <mbillyou at gmail.com> wrote:

> I’m so sorry to hear this!
>
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> On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM Pip Chodorov <pip at re-voir.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Jonathan,
>> it’s true. Ken’s son Aza sent out an email today and asked that it be
>> shared.
>>
>> "I am so sorry to share that my father passed last night at the hospital.
>> It was as painless as possible, and he looked extremely comfortable, his
>> hands held and being told he was loved. He was able to express clearly his
>> gratitude for the life he had, for his friends, for his family, and
>> especially Flo. We were able to marvel together at many things, including
>> that he became a 'distinguished professor' with only a GED, and that the
>> place he took refuge from an abusive home as a teenager, MoMA, now held his
>> work.
>> I also want to share that before he went to the hospital, he completed a
>> full work day, creating his beloved eternalisms, which he worked on
>> everyday with the incredible assistance from Antoine Catala and Viktor
>> Timofeev."
>>
>> Ken Jacobs
>> 5.25.1933  - 10.5.2025
>>
>> Ken was a great friend, a great filmmaker, teacher, father, and an
>> uncompromising inspired artist. He will be missed by so many.
>> Pip Chodorov
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> *On Oct 6, 2025 at 11:52:06 PM, Jonathan Walley wrote:*
>>
>> Very sorry to have just heard that Ken Jacobs has died (
>> https://www.instagram.com/p/DPevUJsj16h/). Sorry for an Instagram link,
>> but it’s not being reported anywhere else yet. Plus, it’s a great picture
>> of Ken with the Nervous System.
>>
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