Peter Campus Movies

  • 1974
    R-G-B

    R-G-B

    R-G-B

    81974HD

    Writes Campus, "My most dryly stated tape, free of insinuation, [R-G-B] is simply the exploration by a performer of the color system in which he is...

    R-G-B
  • 1974
    Casual Relations

    Casual Relations

    Casual Relations

    5.31974HD

    In Rappaport’s dazzling and bizarre feature-length debut, he focuses on states of imaginative possession and dispossession, demonstrating how...

    Casual Relations
  • 1973
    Three Transitions

    Three Transitions

    Three Transitions

    8.51973HD

    "The tape is one of the seminal works in video. In three short exercises, Campus uses basic techniques of video technology and his own image to...

    Three Transitions
  • 2019
    shinnecock bay: leeward

    shinnecock bay: leeward

    shinnecock bay: leeward

    02019HD

    shinnecock bay presents two views of the eponymous body of water on the coast of Long Island. Shot five years apart and on opposite sides of the...

    shinnecock bay: leeward
  • 2019
    shinnecock bay: locks eddy

    shinnecock bay: locks eddy

    shinnecock bay: locks eddy

    02019HD

    shinnecock bay presents two views of the eponymous body of water on the coast of Long Island. Shot five years apart and on opposite sides of the...

    shinnecock bay: locks eddy
  • 1968
    Wind

    Wind

    Wind

    01968HD

    Cutting between snowy fields and a raw seashore, Jonas focuses on a group of performers moving through a stark, windswept landscape. The 16mm film...

    Wind
  • 1976
    Four Sided Tape

    Four Sided Tape

    Four Sided Tape

    01976HD

    Here, Peter Campus explores video, not as a demonstration of special effects, but as a way of placing his own body in the presence of an immediate...

    Four Sided Tape
  • 1970
    Kiva

    Kiva

    Kiva

    01970HD

    Translating to the "world below," Kiva refers to the round chamber used by the Pueblo for ceremonial and social gatherings. The ceremonial chamber...

    Kiva
  • 1997
    Winter Journal

    Winter Journal

    Winter Journal

    01997HD

    Video work by Peter Campus

    Winter Journal
  • 2000
    Death Threat

    Death Threat

    Death Threat

    02000HD

    In 2000 [Campus] went through several months of radiation treatment after being diagnosed with cancer. He created a three-part video piece about this...

    Death Threat
  • 1971
    Dynamic Field Series

    Dynamic Field Series

    Dynamic Field Series

    01971HD

    Dynamic Field Series is made up of three elements and four distinct spaces that turn within a closed loop: the artist's body, his electronic double,...

    Dynamic Field Series
  • 1976
    Third Tape

    Third Tape

    Third Tape

    01976HD

    A jumble of mirrored tiles is slowly placed on a table-top, the random heap reflecting a fragmentary portrait of the face of the person performing...

    Third Tape
  • 1976
    East Ended Tape

    East Ended Tape

    East Ended Tape

    01976HD

    In "East Ended Tape" Peter Campus and Susan Dowling are the subjects of a series of video portraits. The shadow of Dowling's hand passes over her...

    East Ended Tape
  • 1971
    Double Vision

    Double Vision

    Double Vision

    01971HD

    Campus investigates the metaphoric overlap between properties of the video camera and processes of human perception, an area of great interest to...

    Double Vision
  • 1974
    Set of Co-incidence

    Set of Co-incidence

    Set of Co-incidence

    01974HD

    Writes Campus, "I made this tape shortly after my father's death. His death permeates the tape, both in the quality of my performance and in the...

    Set of Co-incidence