Performance Art Movies
- 1972
Seedbed
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“In this legendary sculpture/performance Acconci lay beneath a ramp built in the Sonnabend Gallery. Over the course of three weeks, he...
- 1989
Blind Country
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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...
- 1998
Out O' Actions
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Out O' Actions documents Kelley and McCarthy's preliminary activities in organizing a project for the Visitor's Gallery of the Museum of Contemporary...
- 1980
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...
- 1970
Plena Rondo
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- 1967
The Tattooed Lady of Riverview
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"The once teeming Riverview Park was shut down in 1967 (with Tom Palazzolo on hand to document the bitter end). The Tattooed Lady of Riverview is a...
- 2020
Sympatico
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In the dystopian 2040, a performance artist shots himself dead in front of a live audience. While the extreme act shocks the society, his friend is...
- 2019
Glittering Misfits
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Dirty Martini and Tigger!, stars of the New York underground scene, reveal some of the secrets of their provocative and remonstrative forms of...
- 2011
Casting Jesus
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The film focuses on an audition to select an actor that best interprets the role of Jesus, judged by a jury of Vatican members.
- 2009
Pretend Not to See Me
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Life and art intersect on a spectacular Newfoundland farm where visual artist Colette Urban mounts thirteen art performances in the fields and barns...
- 2024
moony's WARNING HIGH CUBE
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moony and Joey Brodnax present WARNING HIGH CUBE - a film accompanying the release of moony’s debut album of the same name. After amassing an...
- 2016
The Quiet Silence
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Bustoni, a performing arts worker who lives with his mother who are dying, has a question that distract his life. What will happen to a woman after...
- 2012
This Is Not a Dream
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The video revolution of the 1970s offered unprecedented access to the moving image for artists and performers. This Is Not a Dream explores the...
- 2020
Yellow
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In these uncertain, ever evolving and changing times, inspiration and entertainment come from equally bizarre places. People long for togetherness...
- 2017
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...
- 1983
Diorama
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A ritual of transformation and awakening within the walls of the only existing original ‘diorama’ building in London
- 2004
Kyupi Kyupi: The Best
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Video, music, dance, graphics, modelling... that's what Kyupi Kyupi is, a video + performance group that goes beyond the boundaries of all genres....
- 1989
The Will To Provoke: An Account Of Fantastic Schemes For Initiating Social Improvements
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The 1988 European tour of Survival Research Laboratories, with shows in Amsterdam and Copenhagen. SRL ferrets out and gleefully satirizes assorted...
- 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...
- 2010
One Meter Democracy
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One Meter of Democracy (2010) challenged the endurance of viewers, as well as the courage of the artist. In a quasi-democratic process, He Yunchang...