Performance Art Movies

  • 2025
    Kosmos

    Kosmos

    Kosmos

    02025HD

    A documentary about the Kosmos collective in Timisoara: a self-organized group of artists, curators, and musicians who revived a former textile...

    Kosmos
  • 1972
    Seedbed

    Seedbed

    Seedbed

    01972HD

    “In this legendary sculpture/performance Acconci lay beneath a ramp built in the Sonnabend Gallery. Over the course of three weeks, he...

    Seedbed
  • 1971
    Broken Fall (Geometric)

    Broken Fall (Geometric)

    Broken Fall (Geometric)

    5.51971HD

    One of a series of ‘falls’ by Bas Jan Ader that he recorded on film, this work was filmed in West Kapelle, Holland in 1970.

    Broken Fall (Geometric)
  • 2022
    In The Pines

    In The Pines

    In The Pines

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    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
  • 1971
    Broken Fall (Organic)

    Broken Fall (Organic)

    Broken Fall (Organic)

    61971HD

    Bas Jan Ader hangs from the branch of a tall tree, until he loses his grip and falls into a river below.

    Broken Fall (Organic)
  • 2009
    Real Snow White

    Real Snow White

    Real Snow White

    02009HD

    The absurd logic of the ‘real character’ and the extreme rules of Disneyland become apparent when a real fan of Snow White is banned from...

    Real Snow White
  • 2018
    Homophobe

    Homophobe

    Homophobe

    02018HD

    Performance documentation of Mees Joachim's 'Homophobe', a 10 minute live-reenactment of a scene from 'E Kolór Korrá' (2017). A...

    Homophobe
  • 1980
    The Big Wheel

    The Big Wheel

    The Big Wheel

    01980HD

    During the 1980 exhibition of Burden's monumental kinetic sculpture The Big Wheel at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, Burden and Feldman were...

    The Big Wheel
  • 1970
    Himebauch

    Himebauch

    Himebauch

    01970HD

    Using faux archival footage and social media, Adam Himebauch, 38, has created the alter-ego of an artist who rose to fame in the 1970s.

    Himebauch
  • 1967
    13/67: Sinus Beta

    13/67: Sinus Beta

    13/67: Sinus Beta

    3.51967HD

    Sinus Beta is almost a sort of teaching film about bodily behavior in different situations. The film also produces, through the heterogenic...

    13/67: Sinus Beta
  • 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
  • 2025
    Exhibiting Avery

    Exhibiting Avery

    Exhibiting Avery

    02025HD

    Dismissed by those around her, a young woman begins performing as a living statue, finding strange power in stillness, until she reclaims the...

    Exhibiting Avery
  • 2026
    Fatherland

    Fatherland

    Fatherland

    02026HD

    Single channel video filmed on location in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

    Fatherland
  • 2018
    Walking On Piano

    Walking On Piano

    Walking On Piano

    02018HD

    An experimental short where one's footsteps create sound on a piano, creaks and all.

    Walking On Piano
  • 2020
    Handcuffed

    Handcuffed

    Handcuffed

    02020HD

    A time-based piece was recorded by performance artist/activist Tasha Diamant. Once again, police use state apparatus to quell legal free expression....

    Handcuffed
  • 1979
    16 Millimeter Earrings

    16 Millimeter Earrings

    16 Millimeter Earrings

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    A re-creation for film of Meredith Monk's seminal dance/theater work incorporating film and original music, voice, guitar, and audiotapes. Originally...

    16 Millimeter Earrings
  • 1999
    All Smiles and Sadness

    All Smiles and Sadness

    All Smiles and Sadness

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    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
  • 2004
    Survival Research Laboratories - Ten Years Of Robotic Mayhem

    Survival Research Laboratories - Ten Years Of Robotic Mayhem

    Survival Research Laboratories - Ten Years Of Robotic Mayhem

    82004HD

    1 A Bitter Message Of Hopeless Grief 2 The Will To Provoke 3 The Delusions Of Expediency 4 The Pleasure Of Uninhibited Excess 5 A Scenic...

    Survival Research Laboratories - Ten Years Of Robotic Mayhem
  • 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
  • 1970
    Living Lines

    Living Lines

    Living Lines

    01970HD

    Living Lines is a series of performances and poetry by artist Stephanie Trujillo documented as a short film, drawing inspiration from her Peruvian...

    Living Lines