Movies: Video art
- 1971
I Am Making Art (1971)
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In an ironic reference to body art, process art and performance, Baldessari challenges definitions of the content and execution of art-making. Performing with deadpan precision, he moves his hands, arms and entire body in studied, minute motions, int...
- 1982
Witness (1982)
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Experimental short film by Barbara Sykes...
- 1971
Centers (1971)
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Poet and artist Vito Acconci points his finger towards the camera and his own reflection in an offscreen video monitor....
- 2022
Proximities (2022)
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Proximities focuses on the trope of the Malay Boy found in the works of Singaporean artist Cheong Soo Pieng (b. 1917-1983). It attempts to locate the Malay male in art history while unpacking underlying systems of power that have shaped and naturalis...
- 1978
Manual (1978)
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The artist is balancing a video-camera on a tripod the top of which is poised in the palm of his hand. The lens of the camera is directed downwards so that it acts the part of witness and hostage of the action at the same time. Although the camera, t...
- 2023
Dissonante (2023)
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Short film produced in film school that approaches depersonalization disorder by mixing some aspects of video art and video performance....
- 1989
Continuum: Parts 1 & 2 (1989)
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Abstract video art with music composed by Philip Glass. Music by the Kronos String Quartet....
- 2003
Netsplit: Queda de Conexão (2003)
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Video art made by Dellani Lima,...
- 2005
Shades of Destructors (2005)
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Experimental film....
- 1979
Kiss the Girls: Make them Cry (1979)
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Constructed of footage recorded from the television game show Hollywood Squares. The bulk of the piece is made up from recorded introductory gestures of female celebrities participating in Hollywood Squares, which are synced to then-contemporary Disc...
- 1986
Luminare (1986)
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Abstract video art by John Sanborn and Dean Winkler. Dedicated to Ed Emshwiller....
- 2017
140 Characters (2017)
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"We are powerfully imprisoned by the terms in which we have been conducted to think.” - R. Buckminster Fuller...
- 2018
Untitled (2018)
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In this hyper-realistic digitally rendered video, sandwiches are assembled in sequence. Each component, from the first slice of bread to the last, is dropped dramatically from a height, before bouncing and settling into place in slow motion. Mayonnai...
- 2014
Faces of Emmanuelle (2014)
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An exploration of the VHS medium and the subterranean trash which thrived in it. Using source material from Emmanuelle 6, this DVD-R/VHS further blurs the line between low and high art. Beautiful cinematography coupled with smut. Strategic pauses and...
- 2019
I’m Scared But I’ve Been Here Before (2019)
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A short film adaptation of the titular poem by Melissa Lozada-Oliva....
- 1983
ACT III (1983)
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Abstract video art set to the music of Philip Glass....
- 1977
Guadalcanal Requiem (1977)
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One of Paik’s most overtly political and poignant statements, Guadalcanal Requiem is a performance/documentary collage that confronts history, time, cultural memory and mythology on the site of one of World War II’s most devastating battles....
- 1969
Bouncing Balls (1969)
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In this film, Nauman bounces his testicles with one hand. Shot in extreme close-up, the work is perhaps an ironic reference to an earlier film Bouncing Two Balls Between the Floor and Ceiling with Changing Rhythms, in which he bounced rubber balls. A...
- 2017
Repercussion (2017)
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Repercussion is a political statement of existence through poetic counterpoint of images and sound....
- 2013
Nix (2013)
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American cartoons are the starting point for Martin Arnold's new work. Sequences of short films form the basis of a process of fragmentation, deconstruction, dismantling and repetition. Arnold uses fun, family entertainment to create films with open-...