Performance Art Movies

  • 1988
    The Lure and the Lore

    The Lure and the Lore

    The Lure and the Lore

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

    The Lure and the Lore
  • 1997
    The Glass II

    The Glass II

    The Glass II

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    A ritual about"memory". The words and phrases written on the paper are easy to understand but difficult to define, substituting the usual "...

    The Glass II
  • 1972
    Seedbed

    Seedbed

    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...

    Seedbed
  • 1991
    The Pleasures of Uninhibited Excess

    The Pleasures of Uninhibited Excess

    The Pleasures of Uninhibited Excess

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    A fast-moving and comprehensive documentation of three Survival Research Laboratories performances 1989-1990. Includes "Illusions of Shameless...

    The Pleasures of Uninhibited Excess
  • 1999
    Mrs. Peanut Visits New York

    Mrs. Peanut Visits New York

    Mrs. Peanut Visits New York

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    A video portrait of the legendary late performance artist, fashion designer and nightlife icon Leigh Bowery. Atlas's camera follows Bowery as he...

    Mrs. Peanut Visits New York
  • 2026
    Where do I go from Here?

    Where do I go from Here?

    Where do I go from Here?

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    Where do I go from here is a performance arthouse-style film exploring the nostalgia of the concept of home in terms of home as a feeling rather than...

    Where do I go from Here?
  • 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)

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    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)
  • 2024
    La seule et dernière fois que j'ai fait de l'art engagé

    La seule et dernière fois que j'ai fait de l'art engagé

    La seule et dernière fois que j'ai fait de l'art engagé

    02024HD

    Atoll, Victoriaville's contemporary art center, held its first and last fundraiser on December 12, 2023. During the event, artist Antoine Larocque,...

    La seule et dernière fois que j'ai fait de l'art engagé
  • 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
  • 1987
    A Study In Scarlet

    A Study In Scarlet

    A Study In Scarlet

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    A ritual of transformation and awakening within the walls of the only existing original 'diorama' building in London. Followed by a celebration of...

    A Study In Scarlet
  • 2009
    Better Than Andy - The Crazy Finn is Here

    Better Than Andy - The Crazy Finn is Here

    Better Than Andy - The Crazy Finn is Here

    32009HD

    Mock -documentary about a Finnish contemporary artist who took the world by a storm.

    Better Than Andy - The Crazy Finn is Here
  • 1996
    Device

    Device

    Device

    01996HD

    Video (color, sound) | Media and Performance

    Device
  • 1999
    All Smiles and Sadness

    All Smiles and Sadness

    All Smiles and Sadness

    01999HD

    McGuire constructs a murky black and white soap-opera world of endless, timeless, and placeless limbo, where the characters talk to each other...

    All Smiles and Sadness
  • 2025
    Hair Sacrifice For Abuelo Pedro (South Of The Border) Performance

    Hair Sacrifice For Abuelo Pedro (South Of The Border) Performance

    Hair Sacrifice For Abuelo Pedro (South Of The Border) Performance

    02025HD

    Artist Fabiola Cepeda sacrifices her hair remaking herself into her Abuelo Pedro as a way of reclaiming the hostile space in Southern Carolina...

    Hair Sacrifice For Abuelo Pedro (South Of The Border) Performance
  • 2022
    First Movement Form

    First Movement Form

    First Movement Form

    02022HD

    The rehearsal of a future play. Through the movement of the body, the protagonists form a structure full of tension and try to evoke past stories.

    First Movement Form
  • 2019
    El Cuerpo del Escándalo - Un film acerca de Natacha Voliakovsky

    El Cuerpo del Escándalo - Un film acerca de Natacha Voliakovsky

    El Cuerpo del Escándalo - Un film acerca de Natacha Voliakovsky

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    El Cuerpo del Escándalo - Un film acerca de Natacha Voliakovsky
  • 2024
    Mirie It Is (Dusking II)

    Mirie It Is (Dusking II)

    Mirie It Is (Dusking II)

    02024HD

    Dusking is a project by the artist Lucy Wright—a newly invented tradition, conceived as the counterpart to the morris dancing that takes place...

    Mirie It Is (Dusking II)
  • 1970
    My Body Is Not My Home

    My Body Is Not My Home

    My Body Is Not My Home

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    My Body Is Not My Home is a 3D animated short film following the journey of an uncanny simulacrum who undergoes the process of becoming the...

    My Body Is Not My Home
  • 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?
  • 2003
    Weird Woman (State I and State II)

    Weird Woman (State I and State II)

    Weird Woman (State I and State II)

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    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)