Performance Art Movies
- 1988
A Bitter Message of Hopeless Grief
A Bitter Message of Hopeless Grief61988HD
Living in a fictional world all their own, the machines of Survival Research Laboratories act out scenarios of perpetual torment, exasperating...
- 2022
Marina Abramović & Ulay: No Predicted End
Marina Abramović & Ulay: No Predicted End52022HD
Thirty years after their separation, performance artists Marina Abramović and Frank Uwe 'Ulay' Laysiepen (1943-2020) agree to meet, for the...
- 1965
Cut Piece
Cut Piece6.51965HD
Filmed at New York’s Carnegie Hall, Cut Piece documents one of Yoko Ono’s most powerful conceptual pieces. Performed by the artist...
- 2016
Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present
Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present7.62016HD
Feature documentary on the pioneering life and work of iconoclastic filmmaker/musician/composer/artist Tony Conrad.
- 1994
Sandra Bernhard: Confessions of a Pretty Lady
Sandra Bernhard: Confessions of a Pretty Lady01994HD
Bernhard, an actress-comedienne whose brassy humor attracts a cult-like following, here offers a semiconfessional view of her life's landscape....
- 2016
Whatever Happened to Gelitin
Whatever Happened to Gelitin22016HD
Art dealer Salvatore Viviano and director Angela Christlieb embark on a search for the lost artist collective Gelitin, which since the 1990s has...
- 2023
Moving Together
Moving Together02023HD
Moving Together is a celebratory love letter to music and dance that brims with kinetic life and energy. This documentary explores the intricate...
- 1986
Virtues Of Negative Fascination
Virtues Of Negative Fascination01986HD
Five mechanized performances of Survival Research Laboratories, 1985-1986. 70 min. of endless pursuits, unavoidable captures, and merciless...
- 2023
Black Box Investigations
Black Box Investigations02023HD
Cracking open the human-camera body.
- 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)02015HD
Daniel Cockburn’s exuberantly cerebral, filmically deconstructionist work defies easy categorization, and this program of new work is no...
- 1998
The Unexpected Destruction of Elaborately Engineered Artifacts
The Unexpected Destruction of Elaborately Engineered Artifacts01998HD
Alan Kelley's eagerly awaited edit of the largest Survival Research Laboratories event ever. SRL adds 5000 spectators , 60 tons of machines , 50 srl...
- 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 Improvements01989HD
The 1988 European tour of Survival Research Laboratories, with shows in Amsterdam and Copenhagen. SRL ferrets out and gleefully satirizes assorted...
- 2012
This Is Not a Dream
This Is Not a Dream02012HD
The video revolution of the 1970s offered unprecedented access to the moving image for artists and performers. This Is Not a Dream explores the...
- 2022
Lost and Found: Billkin & PP Krit First Worldwide Digital Performance
Lost and Found: Billkin & PP Krit First Worldwide Digital Performance102022HD
Actors/singers Billkin & PP Krit, who have been gaining momentum, not only in Thailand but all over the world, present their first worldwide digital...
- 1970
My Body Is Not My Home
My Body Is Not My Home91970HD
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...
- 1991
The Pleasures of Uninhibited Excess
The Pleasures of Uninhibited Excess01991HD
A fast-moving and comprehensive documentation of three Survival Research Laboratories performances 1989-1990. Includes "Illusions of Shameless...
- 1971
Nightfall
Nightfall11971HD
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...
- 2020
Yellow
Yellow02020HD
In these uncertain, ever evolving and changing times, inspiration and entertainment come from equally bizarre places. People long for togetherness...
- 2018
DJ Punk: The Photographer Daniel Josefsohn
DJ Punk: The Photographer Daniel Josefsohn62018HD
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...
- 2018
Athens Rising: The Sicyon Project: Volume One
Athens Rising: The Sicyon Project: Volume One102018HD
Featuring dozens of performances from the living rooms, backyards, and unconventional venues throughout Athens, GA, the first Athens Rising film...