Performance Art Movies

  • 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
  • 2021
    Re:collections

    Re:collections

    Re:collections

    02021HD

    Following a four-month visit to Taiwan during the pandemic, New York-based artist Yo-Yo Lin shares a first-person account of returning to a place of...

    Re:collections
  • 2013
    You Don't Need Feet to Dance

    You Don't Need Feet to Dance

    You Don't Need Feet to Dance

    02013HD

    In the film "You Don't Need Feet to Dance," African immigrant Sidiki Conde, having lost the use of his legs to polio at fourteen, balances his career...

    You Don't Need Feet to Dance
  • 2020
    The Vanity

    The Vanity

    The Vanity

    02020HD

    A performance artist prepares for an event, whether they truly want to attend is uncertain.

    The Vanity
  • 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
  • 2020
    Making Myself Cry

    Making Myself Cry

    Making Myself Cry

    02020HD

    A performance art piece in which the artist makes themself shed tears over a period of time.

    Making Myself Cry
  • 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
  • 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
    The Goddess of Art: Marina Abramović

    The Goddess of Art: Marina Abramović

    The Goddess of Art: Marina Abramović

    02012HD

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

    The Goddess of Art: Marina Abramović
  • 2009
    Rumination

    Rumination

    Rumination

    02009HD

    An exploration of the Cultural Revolution that depicts both its chaotic later years – through the story of a squad of Red Army guards running...

    Rumination
  • 2015
    All the Mistakes I've Made, Part 2 (or: How Not To Watch A Movie)

    All the Mistakes I've Made, Part 2 (or: How Not To Watch A Movie)

    All the Mistakes I've Made, Part 2 (or: How Not To Watch A Movie)

    02015HD

    Daniel Cockburn’s exuberantly cerebral, filmically deconstructionist work defies easy categorization, and this program of new work is no...

    All the Mistakes I've Made, Part 2 (or: How Not To Watch A Movie)
  • 2015
    Me consume

    Me consume

    Me consume

    02015HD

    "We are beginning a new era of Maya world view that is associated with important events. Departing from an interdisciplinary investigation,...

    Me consume
  • 2011
    The Subliminal Rabbit Presents: Live!

    The Subliminal Rabbit Presents: Live!

    The Subliminal Rabbit Presents: Live!

    02011HD

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

    The Subliminal Rabbit Presents: Live!
  • 2007
    A Heretic's Primer on Love and Exertion

    A Heretic's Primer on Love and Exertion

    A Heretic's Primer on Love and Exertion

    02007HD

    Identically dressed and with sibling-like resemblance, performance artists Trevor Martin and Kym Olsen shift between spoken word and athletic dance...

    A Heretic's Primer on Love and Exertion
  • 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)
  • 2000
    Volunteer

    Volunteer

    Volunteer

    02000HD

    A figure is manipulated via a rope leading off screen.

    Volunteer
  • 1975
    Black and White Tapes

    Black and White Tapes

    Black and White Tapes

    01975HD

    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
  • 1996
    Device

    Device

    Device

    01996HD

    Video (color, sound) | Media and Performance

    Device
  • 1997
    Six Boxes (Single Sequence)

    Six Boxes (Single Sequence)

    Six Boxes (Single Sequence)

    01997HD

    Video (color, sound) | Media and Performance

    Six Boxes (Single Sequence)
  • 1970
    Service with a Smile

    Service with a Smile

    Service with a Smile

    01970HD

    an eight-hour long experimental film/performance art piece in which filmmaker chandler pippin creates their own arbitrary form of service work and...

    Service with a Smile