Movies: Video art

  • 1971
    I Am Making Art

    I Am Making Art (1971)

    I Am Making Art

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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...

    I Am Making Art
  • 1982
    Witness

    Witness (1982)

    Witness

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    Experimental short film by Barbara Sykes...

    Witness
  • 1971
    Centers

    Centers (1971)

    Centers

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    Poet and artist Vito Acconci points his finger towards the camera and his own reflection in an offscreen video monitor....

    Centers
  • 2022
    Proximities

    Proximities (2022)

    Proximities

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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...

    Proximities
  • 1978
    Manual

    Manual (1978)

    Manual

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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...

    Manual
  • 2023
    Dissonante

    Dissonante (2023)

    Dissonante

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    Short film produced in film school that approaches depersonalization disorder by mixing some aspects of video art and video performance....

    Dissonante
  • 1989
    Continuum: Parts 1 & 2

    Continuum: Parts 1 & 2 (1989)

    Continuum: Parts 1 & 2

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    Abstract video art with music composed by Philip Glass. Music by the Kronos String Quartet....

    Continuum: Parts 1 & 2
  • 2003
    Netsplit: Queda de Conexão

    Netsplit: Queda de Conexão (2003)

    Netsplit: Queda de Conexão

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    Video art made by Dellani Lima,...

    Netsplit: Queda de Conexão
  • 2005
    Shades of Destructors

    Shades of Destructors (2005)

    Shades of Destructors

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    Experimental film....

    Shades of Destructors
  • 1979
    Kiss the Girls: Make them Cry

    Kiss the Girls: Make them Cry (1979)

    Kiss the Girls: Make them Cry

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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...

    Kiss the Girls: Make them Cry
  • 1986
    Luminare

    Luminare (1986)

    Luminare

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    Abstract video art by John Sanborn and Dean Winkler. Dedicated to Ed Emshwiller....

    Luminare
  • 2017
    140 Characters

    140 Characters (2017)

    140 Characters

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    "We are powerfully imprisoned by the terms in which we have been conducted to think.” - R. Buckminster Fuller...

    140 Characters
  • 2018
    Untitled

    Untitled (2018)

    Untitled

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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...

    Untitled
  • 2014
    Faces of Emmanuelle

    Faces of Emmanuelle (2014)

    Faces of Emmanuelle

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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...

    Faces of Emmanuelle
  • 2019
    I’m Scared But I’ve Been Here Before

    I’m Scared But I’ve Been Here Before (2019)

    I’m Scared But I’ve Been Here Before

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    A short film adaptation of the titular poem by Melissa Lozada-Oliva....

    I’m Scared But I’ve Been Here Before
  • 1983
    ACT III

    ACT III (1983)

    ACT III

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    Abstract video art set to the music of Philip Glass....

    ACT III
  • 1977
    Guadalcanal Requiem

    Guadalcanal Requiem (1977)

    Guadalcanal Requiem

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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....

    Guadalcanal Requiem
  • 1969
    Bouncing Balls

    Bouncing Balls (1969)

    Bouncing Balls

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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...

    Bouncing Balls
  • 2017
    Repercussion

    Repercussion (2017)

    Repercussion

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    Repercussion is a political statement of existence through poetic counterpoint of images and sound....

    Repercussion
  • 2013
    Nix

    Nix (2013)

    Nix

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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-...

    Nix