Performance Art Movies

  • 1980
    Primal Scenes

    Primal Scenes

    Primal Scenes

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    Over grainy, black and white images of a woman giving birth, Montano reads the story of a nun’s sexual self-discovery—recounting Sister...

    Primal Scenes
  • 1997
    Six Boxes (Single Sequence)

    Six Boxes (Single Sequence)

    Six Boxes (Single Sequence)

    01997HD

    Video (color, sound) | Media and Performance

    Six Boxes (Single Sequence)
  • 2012
    Broad Sense

    Broad Sense

    Broad Sense

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    Broad Sense is based on an three day long intervention in the European Parliament in Brussels. The video reveals the diversity of security responses...

    Broad Sense
  • 2024
    Mirie It Is (Dusking II)

    Mirie It Is (Dusking II)

    Mirie It Is (Dusking II)

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    Dusking is a project by the artist Lucy Wright—a newly invented tradition, conceived as the counterpart to the morris dancing that takes place...

    Mirie It Is (Dusking II)
  • 1968
    Stamping in the Studio

    Stamping in the Studio

    Stamping in the Studio

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    From an inverted position, high above the floor, the camera records Nauman’s trek back and forth and across the studio; his stamping creates a...

    Stamping in the Studio
  • 2017
    Couch Destruction: Angel Release

    Couch Destruction: Angel Release

    Couch Destruction: Angel Release

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    Raphael Montañez Ortiz tells a story about an elderly Jewish couple that didn't watch television or listen to the radio. Instead they used to...

    Couch Destruction: Angel Release
  • 1970
    Himebauch

    Himebauch

    Himebauch

    01970HD

    Using faux archival footage and social media, Adam Himebauch, 38, has created the alter-ego of an artist who rose to fame in the 1970s.

    Himebauch
  • 1975
    Black and White Tapes

    Black and White Tapes

    Black and White Tapes

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    Black and White Tapes derive from a series of performances Paul McCarthy undertook in his Los Angeles studio from 1970 to 1975. Conceived for the...

    Black and White Tapes
  • 2021
    Doors and Windows

    Doors and Windows

    Doors and Windows

    02021HD

    In some way, to all of those who took me along at doors and windows opennings wich I never jumped of.

    Doors and Windows
  • 2007
    The Announcer

    The Announcer

    The Announcer

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    An elderly lady pushes the limits of customer service at an up-market department store by continuously requesting announcements for...

    The Announcer
  • 1998
    Yuxweluptun: Man of Masks

    Yuxweluptun: Man of Masks

    Yuxweluptun: Man of Masks

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    This short documentary serves as a portrait of Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, one of Canada's most important painters. We meet him at the Bisley Rifle...

    Yuxweluptun: Man of Masks
  • 1998
    Out O' Actions

    Out O' Actions

    Out O' Actions

    01998HD

    Out O' Actions documents Kelley and McCarthy's preliminary activities in organizing a project for the Visitor's Gallery of the Museum of Contemporary...

    Out O' Actions
  • 2001
    Paul McCarthy: Destruction of the Body

    Paul McCarthy: Destruction of the Body

    Paul McCarthy: Destruction of the Body

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    Drawing on the idiom and imagery of the consumer culture he grew up in, video artist Paul McCarthy distorts and mutates the familiar into the...

    Paul McCarthy: Destruction of the Body
  • 2016
    Vanessa Place, If I Wanted Your Opinion, I’d Remove the Duct Tape, 2016–

    Vanessa Place, If I Wanted Your Opinion, I’d Remove the Duct Tape, 2016–

    Vanessa Place, If I Wanted Your Opinion, I’d Remove the Duct Tape, 2016–

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    Vanessa Place is a writer, artist, and criminal defense attorney. Her 2010 book "The Guilt Project: Rape, Morality, and Law" critically examined the...

    Vanessa Place, If I Wanted Your Opinion, I’d Remove the Duct Tape, 2016–
  • 2020
    Revel In Your Body

    Revel In Your Body

    Revel In Your Body

    02020HD

    Experience the joy of flight with Alice Sheppard and Laurel Lawson

    Revel In Your Body
  • 2009
    Real Snow White

    Real Snow White

    Real Snow White

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    The absurd logic of the ‘real character’ and the extreme rules of Disneyland become apparent when a real fan of Snow White is banned from...

    Real Snow White
  • 2011
    The Subliminal Rabbit Presents: Live!

    The Subliminal Rabbit Presents: Live!

    The Subliminal Rabbit Presents: Live!

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    Live performance film produced to celebrate the release of The Subliminal Rabbit Presents!

    The Subliminal Rabbit Presents: Live!
  • 2012
    The Goddess of Art: Marina Abramović

    The Goddess of Art: Marina Abramović

    The Goddess of Art: Marina Abramović

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    Serbian performance artist Marina Abramović challenges popular notions about what art is.

    The Goddess of Art: Marina Abramović
  • 2023
    Sorry for any inconvenience caused. Warmest, Jamila

    Sorry for any inconvenience caused. Warmest, Jamila

    Sorry for any inconvenience caused. Warmest, Jamila

    02023HD

    Jamila reads aloud a stack of printed emails written to individuals and organisations delaying, postponing, or cancelling work due to illness from...

    Sorry for any inconvenience caused. Warmest, Jamila
  • 1997
    Six Boxes (Lifesize)

    Six Boxes (Lifesize)

    Six Boxes (Lifesize)

    01997HD

    This video contains six life size boxes, made to measure. They are working models exploring how the architecture of the boxes (i.e. planes, axis and...

    Six Boxes (Lifesize)