Performance Art Movies

  • 1988
    A Bitter Message of Hopeless Grief

    A Bitter Message of Hopeless Grief

    A Bitter Message of Hopeless Grief

    61988HD

    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
  • 2022
    Marina Abramović & Ulay: No Predicted End

    Marina Abramović & Ulay: No Predicted End

    Marina Abramović & Ulay: No Predicted End

    52022HD

    Thirty years after their separation, performance artists Marina Abramović and Frank Uwe 'Ulay' Laysiepen (1943-2020) agree to meet, for the...

    Marina Abramović & Ulay: No Predicted End
  • 1965
    Cut Piece

    Cut Piece

    Cut Piece

    6.51965HD

    Filmed at New York’s Carnegie Hall, Cut Piece documents one of Yoko Ono’s most powerful conceptual pieces. Performed by the artist...

    Cut Piece
  • 2016
    Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present

    Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present

    Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present

    7.62016HD

    Feature documentary on the pioneering life and work of iconoclastic filmmaker/musician/composer/artist Tony Conrad.

    Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present
  • 1994
    Sandra Bernhard: Confessions of a Pretty Lady

    Sandra Bernhard: Confessions of a Pretty Lady

    Sandra Bernhard: Confessions of a Pretty Lady

    01994HD

    Bernhard, an actress-comedienne whose brassy humor attracts a cult-like following, here offers a semiconfessional view of her life's landscape....

    Sandra Bernhard: Confessions of a Pretty Lady
  • 2016
    Whatever Happened to Gelitin

    Whatever Happened to Gelitin

    Whatever Happened to Gelitin

    22016HD

    Art dealer Salvatore Viviano and director Angela Christlieb embark on a search for the lost artist collective Gelitin, which since the 1990s has...

    Whatever Happened to Gelitin
  • 2023
    Moving Together

    Moving Together

    Moving Together

    02023HD

    Moving Together is a celebratory love letter to music and dance that brims with kinetic life and energy. This documentary explores the intricate...

    Moving Together
  • 1986
    Virtues Of Negative Fascination

    Virtues Of Negative Fascination

    Virtues Of Negative Fascination

    01986HD

    Five mechanized performances of Survival Research Laboratories, 1985-1986. 70 min. of endless pursuits, unavoidable captures, and merciless...

    Virtues Of Negative Fascination
  • 2023
    Black Box Investigations

    Black Box Investigations

    Black Box Investigations

    02023HD

    Cracking open the human-camera body.

    Black Box Investigations
  • 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)
  • 1998
    The Unexpected Destruction of Elaborately Engineered Artifacts

    The Unexpected Destruction of Elaborately Engineered Artifacts

    The Unexpected Destruction of Elaborately Engineered Artifacts

    01998HD

    Alan Kelley's eagerly awaited edit of the largest Survival Research Laboratories event ever. SRL adds 5000 spectators , 60 tons of machines , 50 srl...

    The Unexpected Destruction of Elaborately Engineered Artifacts
  • 1989
    The Will To Provoke: An Account Of Fantastic Schemes For Initiating Social Improvements

    The Will To Provoke: An Account Of Fantastic Schemes For Initiating Social Improvements

    The Will To Provoke: An Account Of Fantastic Schemes For Initiating Social Improvements

    01989HD

    The 1988 European tour of Survival Research Laboratories, with shows in Amsterdam and Copenhagen. SRL ferrets out and gleefully satirizes assorted...

    The Will To Provoke: An Account Of Fantastic Schemes For Initiating Social Improvements
  • 2012
    This Is Not a Dream

    This Is Not a Dream

    This Is Not a Dream

    02012HD

    The video revolution of the 1970s offered unprecedented access to the moving image for artists and performers. This Is Not a Dream explores the...

    This Is Not a Dream
  • 2022
    Lost and Found: Billkin & PP Krit First Worldwide Digital Performance

    Lost and Found: Billkin & PP Krit First Worldwide Digital Performance

    Lost and Found: Billkin & PP Krit First Worldwide Digital Performance

    102022HD

    Actors/singers Billkin & PP Krit, who have been gaining momentum, not only in Thailand but all over the world, present their first worldwide digital...

    Lost and Found: Billkin & PP Krit First Worldwide Digital Performance
  • 1970
    My Body Is Not My Home

    My Body Is Not My Home

    My Body Is Not My Home

    91970HD

    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
  • 1991
    The Pleasures of Uninhibited Excess

    The Pleasures of Uninhibited Excess

    The Pleasures of Uninhibited Excess

    01991HD

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

    The Pleasures of Uninhibited Excess
  • 1971
    Nightfall

    Nightfall

    Nightfall

    11971HD

    Shot in his garage-studio, the camera records Ader painstakingly hoisting a large brick over his shoulder. His figure is harshly lit by two tangles...

    Nightfall
  • 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
  • 2018
    DJ Punk: The Photographer Daniel Josefsohn

    DJ Punk: The Photographer Daniel Josefsohn

    DJ Punk: The Photographer Daniel Josefsohn

    62018HD

    Nobody captured the atmosphere of 1990s Berlin better than German photographer Daniel Josefsohn, who died in 2016 at the age of 54, leaving his mark...

    DJ Punk: The Photographer Daniel Josefsohn
  • 2018
    Athens Rising: The Sicyon Project: Volume One

    Athens Rising: The Sicyon Project: Volume One

    Athens Rising: The Sicyon Project: Volume One

    102018HD

    Featuring dozens of performances from the living rooms, backyards, and unconventional venues throughout Athens, GA, the first Athens Rising film...

    Athens Rising: The Sicyon Project: Volume One