Performance Art Movies

  • 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
  • 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
  • 2012
    Broad Sense

    Broad Sense

    Broad Sense

    02012HD

    Broad Sense is based on an three day long intervention in the European Parliament in Brussels. The video reveals the diversity of security responses...

    Broad Sense
  • 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
  • 2004
    Pistolteatern

    Pistolteatern

    Pistolteatern

    02004HD

    Pistolteatern in Stockholm, Sweden, was a leading experimental scene in the mid 1960s, comparable to the Living Theater in New York. In the years...

    Pistolteatern
  • 2007
    The Announcer

    The Announcer

    The Announcer

    02007HD

    An elderly lady pushes the limits of customer service at an up-market department store by continuously requesting announcements for...

    The Announcer
  • 1998
    Grinder-Man - G-VTR01

    Grinder-Man - G-VTR01

    Grinder-Man - G-VTR01

    01998HD

    A 19-minute short film featuring the six performances of the Japanese performance art group Grinder-Man. Only released on VHS.

    Grinder-Man - G-VTR01
  • 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
  • 2010
    Si Monumentum Requiris, Circumspice

    Si Monumentum Requiris, Circumspice

    Si Monumentum Requiris, Circumspice

    02010HD

    A monument handcrafted by Konstantin Bessmertny is exhibited at Venice Biennale 2007.

    Si Monumentum Requiris, Circumspice
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2021
    normal eating

    normal eating

    normal eating

    02021HD

    A group of people return to see the feast.

    normal eating
  • 2020
    Saul & I

    Saul & I

    Saul & I

    02020HD

    Nina Regan, an established performance artist, launches her much-anticipated exhibition, the first since spending a decade in prison for the killing...

    Saul & I
  • 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)
  • 1988
    A Bitter Message of Hopeless Grief

    A Bitter Message of Hopeless Grief

    A Bitter Message of Hopeless Grief

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    Living in a fictional world all their own, the machines of Survival Research Laboratories act out scenarios of perpetual torment, exasperating...

    A Bitter Message of Hopeless Grief
  • 2006
    Wallflower

    Wallflower

    Wallflower

    02006HD

    An overdressed girl tries her luck in dance events that are for Finnish tourists in a small Estonian health resort town, Pärnu.

    Wallflower
  • 2023
    Half Serious, Half Kidding

    Half Serious, Half Kidding

    Half Serious, Half Kidding

    02023HD

    Marc with a C is the stage name of Orlando indie/DIY singer-songwriter Marc Sirdoreus and was formally a persona enacted on stage for over 20 years....

    Half Serious, Half Kidding
  • 1970
    Felt TV

    Felt TV

    Felt TV

    11970HD

    "As a contribution to Gerry Schum's 'Identifications', Beuys adapted for television the 'Felt TV' action previously staged for a live audience at a...

    Felt TV
  • 1984
    Maimed Artist

    Maimed Artist

    Maimed Artist

    01984HD

    Documentary that profiles Mark Pauline, the machine performance artist of Survival Research Laboratories. As the Title suggests, Pauline lost most of...

    Maimed Artist
  • 2023
    Sorry for any inconvenience caused. Warmest, Jamila

    Sorry for any inconvenience caused. Warmest, Jamila

    Sorry for any inconvenience caused. Warmest, Jamila

    02023HD

    Jamila reads aloud a stack of printed emails written to individuals and organisations delaying, postponing, or cancelling work due to illness from...

    Sorry for any inconvenience caused. Warmest, Jamila