Performance Art Movies

  • 2010
    Space, Land and Time: Underground Adventures with Ant Farm

    Space, Land and Time: Underground Adventures with Ant Farm

    Space, Land and Time: Underground Adventures with Ant Farm

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    "What we were trying to do was the ultimate form of architecture, which was predicting how society would use space, land and time." Curtis Schreier,...

    Space, Land and Time: Underground Adventures with Ant Farm
  • 2021
    Vanitas

    Vanitas

    Vanitas

    102021HD

    "Vanity of vanities, everything is vanity" says the bible. The word flows from the tongue naming the pleasure of earthly life and judging it as...

    Vanitas
  • 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
  • 2006
    Easy Rider

    Easy Rider

    Easy Rider

    02006HD

    A young man in a tram is asking a bit too much from a stranger.

    Easy Rider
  • 1980
    The Big Wheel

    The Big Wheel

    The Big Wheel

    01980HD

    During the 1980 exhibition of Burden's monumental kinetic sculpture The Big Wheel at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, Burden and Feldman were...

    The Big Wheel
  • 1998
    Grinder-Man - G-VTR01

    Grinder-Man - G-VTR01

    Grinder-Man - G-VTR01

    01998HD

    A 19-minute short film featuring the six performances of the Japanese performance art group Grinder-Man. Only released on VHS.

    Grinder-Man - G-VTR01
  • 1971
    I'm Too Sad to Tell You

    I'm Too Sad to Tell You

    I'm Too Sad to Tell You

    61971HD

    This short film is part of a mixed media artwork of the same name, which also included postcards of Ader crying, sent to friends of his, with the...

    I'm Too Sad to Tell You
  • 1989
    Blind Country

    Blind Country

    Blind Country

    61989HD

    This collaborative video project is based on a short story by H.G. Wells called "The Country of the Blind"—about a man who travels to a country...

    Blind Country
  • 2021
    normal eating

    normal eating

    normal eating

    02021HD

    A group of people return to see the feast.

    normal eating
  • 2022
    B. Catling: Where Does It All Come From?

    B. Catling: Where Does It All Come From?

    B. Catling: Where Does It All Come From?

    02022HD

    An investigation into the extraordinary life and work of B. Catling, an eye-popping insight into the late-flourishing career of a maverick artist,...

    B. Catling: Where Does It All Come From?
  • 1983
    Diorama

    Diorama

    Diorama

    01983HD

    A ritual of transformation and awakening within the walls of the only existing original ‘diorama’ building in London

    Diorama
  • 2013
    Pinta

    Pinta

    Pinta

    22013HD

    Dubbings, stunts, remixes, aesthetic covers. Diffuse, decentralized, peripheral, tipsy. Theme: an extemporaneous choreographic chanchada. Content:...

    Pinta
  • 2021
    By Rook Or By Left Hook

    By Rook Or By Left Hook

    By Rook Or By Left Hook

    02021HD

    In 2003, Dutch artist Iepe Rubingh became the first World Champion of Chessboxing. This brain-busting combination of alternating rounds of chess and...

    By Rook Or By Left Hook
  • 2014
    When You Call Me That, Smile

    When You Call Me That, Smile

    When You Call Me That, Smile

    02014HD

    A man leaves his quiet life in the country to become a comic entertainer in the Big City. His journey is a Surreal celebration of the descent into a...

    When You Call Me That, Smile
  • 1972
    Seedbed

    Seedbed

    Seedbed

    01972HD

    “In this legendary sculpture/performance Acconci lay beneath a ramp built in the Sonnabend Gallery. Over the course of three weeks, he...

    Seedbed
  • 2022
    In The Pines

    In The Pines

    In The Pines

    82022HD

    This work re-examines the relationship between the elements that make up the quality of space, namely: "subject" and "object", "organic" and...

    In The Pines
  • 2020
    Esther Ferrer: Threads of Time

    Esther Ferrer: Threads of Time

    Esther Ferrer: Threads of Time

    02020HD

    The definitive documentary that reviews the enormous career of Esther Ferrer, one of the great Spanish creators in the performance genre. A "hybrid"...

    Esther Ferrer: Threads of Time
  • 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
  • 2017
    Couch Destruction: Angel Release

    Couch Destruction: Angel Release

    Couch Destruction: Angel Release

    02017HD

    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
  • 2012
    No Contract

    No Contract

    No Contract

    02012HD

    No Contract is a visceral video that combines elements of performance, sculptural cinema and documentary to explore themes of urgency, isolation and...

    No Contract