Lohner’s collaboration with three-time Emmy Award-winning cinematographer Van Carlson started in 1989 with "Peefeeyatko". Their lifelong artistic partnership, known as "Lohner Carlson", was influenced by their collaboration with composer John Cage, which includes the art film "One11 and 103" (1992) directed by Lohner, “a 90-minute black-and-white meditation on the waxing and waning of light.” "Gramophone" magazine called the production “a splendid project carried out with dedication by all concerned” and noted the “remarkable quality of these uniquely pure visual images, studies in light ranging from total black to total white,” while "The Wire" commented, “what an extraordinary valedictory throw of the dice.” Lohner paid homage to Cage posthumously with the meticulously “composed film” "The Revenge of the Dead Indians", featuring artists such as Dennis Hopper, Matt Groening and Yoko Ono.