Performance Art Movies

  • 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
  • 2016
    Apple Pie

    Apple Pie

    Apple Pie

    22016HD

    Shot on 16mm celluloid across parts of New Zealand and Samoa, interdisciplinary artist Sam Hamilton’s ten-part experimental magnum opus makes...

    Apple Pie
  • 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
  • 1997
    Six Boxes (Single Sequence)

    Six Boxes (Single Sequence)

    Six Boxes (Single Sequence)

    01997HD

    Video (color, sound) | Media and Performance

    Six Boxes (Single Sequence)
  • 1992
    Pull Your Head to the Moon: Stories of Creole Women

    Pull Your Head to the Moon: Stories of Creole Women

    Pull Your Head to the Moon: Stories of Creole Women

    01992HD

    A gay man living through the HIV/AIDS crisis reflects upon his recent history of loss with the help of his grandmother, who tells him a story of her...

    Pull Your Head to the Moon: Stories of Creole Women
  • 1970
    Weird Woman (State I and State II)

    Weird Woman (State I and State II)

    Weird Woman (State I and State II)

    01970HD

    Genesis P-Orridge: We used to just improvise at night, making up stories to each other. And so at some point we began making videos but when that one...

    Weird Woman (State I and State II)
  • 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
  • 2004
    Kyupi Kyupi: The Best

    Kyupi Kyupi: The Best

    Kyupi Kyupi: The Best

    02004HD

    Video, music, dance, graphics, modelling... that's what Kyupi Kyupi is, a video + performance group that goes beyond the boundaries of all genres....

    Kyupi Kyupi: The Best
  • 2024
    Corpo Presente

    Corpo Presente

    Corpo Presente

    02024HD

    A hybrid feature film that investigates contemporaneity through the body and its countless possibilities of expression and meanings. The film puts...

    Corpo Presente
  • 2009
    Pretend Not to See Me

    Pretend Not to See Me

    Pretend Not to See Me

    02009HD

    Life and art intersect on a spectacular Newfoundland farm where visual artist Colette Urban mounts thirteen art performances in the fields and barns...

    Pretend Not to See Me
  • 1996
    Device

    Device

    Device

    01996HD

    Video (color, sound) | Media and Performance

    Device
  • 1970
    Fall 2

    Fall 2

    Fall 2

    61970HD

    Bas Jan Ader rides his bike into a canal in Amsterdam.

    Fall 2
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2002
    The Bridegroom Stripped Bare

    The Bridegroom Stripped Bare

    The Bridegroom Stripped Bare

    02002HD

    A groom becomes a bride in a gender bending fashion performance by Alexander McQueen.

    The Bridegroom Stripped Bare
  • 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
  • 2020
    Marinella Senatore. The School of Narrative Dance, Naples

    Marinella Senatore. The School of Narrative Dance, Naples

    Marinella Senatore. The School of Narrative Dance, Naples

    02020HD

    Through the voice of its founder Marinella Senatore, the video focuses on a few key themes of The School of Narrative Dance project. The artist...

    Marinella Senatore. The School of Narrative Dance, Naples
  • 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)
  • 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