FastUbu – An Ultrafast Video Archive
Ubu is a 30 year old archive of strange films you'd usually only see in museums. I felt it was a perfect candidate for modern Midjourney-like performance. Really enjoyed using Cheng Lou's pretext and masonry pattern. AI indexing, transcription, and video processing via my startup Kino's API
FastUbu – An Ultrafast Video Archive launched on June 22, 2026 with 47 votes, #671 of 22,647 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
In plain words
FastUbu is a web interface for the Ubu archive, a 30-year-old collection of experimental and avant-garde films previously accessible mainly through museum institutions. The platform uses AI-powered indexing, transcription, and video processing to enable fast browsing of the archive's unusual film collection through a modern, visually-organized interface. It is designed for researchers, film enthusiasts, and curious viewers seeking access to experimental cinema.
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From the sources
Fast Ubu — a fast mirror of the UbuWeb film archive. Made by Luke Igel.
An ultra-fast mirror of the UbuWeb film archive. 3,205 avant-garde films and videos, free to stream. Fast Ubu re-hosts UbuWeb's film and video collection for faster loading and search. All works belong to their artists. It's an independent project, not affiliated with UbuWeb. You'll have to ask the creators of UbuWeb. But when looking this up I found the Père Ubu by Dora Maar from 1936, a baby armadillo named after the character Ubu Roi .from fastubu.com
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