Performance Art Movies

  • 1974
    Maigret and the Old Lady

    Maigret and the Old Lady

    Maigret and the Old Lady

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    Maigret and the Old Lady
  • 2020
    Yellow

    Yellow

    Yellow

    02020HD

    In these uncertain, ever evolving and changing times, inspiration and entertainment come from equally bizarre places. People long for togetherness...

    Yellow
  • 1988
    The Lure and the Lore

    The Lure and the Lore

    The Lure and the Lore

    01988HD

    A collaboration between filmmaker Ayoka Chenzira and performance artist Thomas Pinnock, who performs his "immigrant folktales" using traditional lore...

    The Lure and the Lore
  • 1983
    Turtle Dreams

    Turtle Dreams

    Turtle Dreams

    01983HD

    Turtle Dreams, produced for WGBH-TV, originally aired September 2, 1983. Shot by Ping Chong. Composed by Meredith Monk, performed by her and her...

    Turtle Dreams
  • 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
  • 2012
    Broad Sense

    Broad Sense

    Broad Sense

    02012HD

    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
  • 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?
  • 2016
    The Opening

    The Opening

    The Opening

    02016HD

    A gallery owner is opening an unusual exhibition: An artist who is terminally ill wishes to die in front of an audience.

    The Opening
  • 2012
    This Is Not a Dream

    This Is Not a Dream

    This Is Not a Dream

    02012HD

    The video revolution of the 1970s offered unprecedented access to the moving image for artists and performers. This Is Not a Dream explores the...

    This Is Not a Dream
  • 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
  • 1970
    Fall 1

    Fall 1

    Fall 1

    61970HD

    Bas Jan Ader's first fall film shows him seated on a chair, tumbling from the roof of his two-storey house in the Inland Empire.

    Fall 1
  • 2003
    Blue Man Group: The Complex Rock Tour Live

    Blue Man Group: The Complex Rock Tour Live

    Blue Man Group: The Complex Rock Tour Live

    7.12003HD

    Offbeat performance artists The Blue Man Group have finally been captured live on this disc that features concert footage, three full-length music...

    Blue Man Group: The Complex Rock Tour Live
  • 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
  • 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

    02010HD

    "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
  • 2004
    Devo Live in the Land of the Rising Sun

    Devo Live in the Land of the Rising Sun

    Devo Live in the Land of the Rising Sun

    5.22004HD

    New wave geniuses who helped define an era with their quirky, futuristic, and revolutionary style are back, entertaining the Japanese crowds who love...

    Devo Live in the Land of the Rising Sun
  • 1996
    Device

    Device

    Device

    01996HD

    Video (color, sound) | Media and Performance

    Device
  • 1976
    Freeing The Body

    Freeing The Body

    Freeing The Body

    01976HD

    Marina Abramović Freeing the Body was performed at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Kreuzberg, where Abramović began dancing frantically...

    Freeing The Body
  • 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)
  • 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