Performance Art Movies

  • 2013
    You Don't Need Feet to Dance

    You Don't Need Feet to Dance

    You Don't Need Feet to Dance

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    In the film "You Don't Need Feet to Dance," African immigrant Sidiki Conde, having lost the use of his legs to polio at fourteen, balances his career...

    You Don't Need Feet to Dance
  • 1970
    Himebauch

    Himebauch

    Himebauch

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    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
  • 2020
    Saul & I

    Saul & I

    Saul & I

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

    Saul & I
  • 1971
    Shoot

    Shoot

    Shoot

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    November 19, 1971, F Space, Santa Ana, California: “At 7:45 p.m. I was shot in the left arm by a friend”.

    Shoot
  • 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
  • 2019
    Exhalación: Vida y muerte de De La Puríssima

    Exhalación: Vida y muerte de De La Puríssima

    Exhalación: Vida y muerte de De La Puríssima

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    The duo made up of musician and actress Julia de Castro and double bass player Miguel Rodrigáñez thus premieres their latest show,...

    Exhalación: Vida y muerte de De La Puríssima
  • 2020
    Making Myself Cry

    Making Myself Cry

    Making Myself Cry

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    A performance art piece in which the artist makes themself shed tears over a period of time.

    Making Myself Cry
  • 2020
    The Vanity

    The Vanity

    The Vanity

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    A performance artist prepares for an event, whether they truly want to attend is uncertain.

    The Vanity
  • 2020
    Marinella Senatore. The School of Narrative Dance, Naples

    Marinella Senatore. The School of Narrative Dance, Naples

    Marinella Senatore. The School of Narrative Dance, Naples

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    Through the voice of its founder Marinella Senatore, the video focuses on a few key themes of The School of Narrative Dance project. The artist...

    Marinella Senatore. The School of Narrative Dance, Naples
  • 2005
    Damn! The Threnody In Me!

    Damn! The Threnody In Me!

    Damn! The Threnody In Me!

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    A post-modern fantasy based on Lefcadio Hearne's short story "Jikininki."

    Damn! The Threnody In Me!
  • 2012
    No Contract

    No Contract

    No Contract

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    No Contract is a visceral video that combines elements of performance, sculptural cinema and documentary to explore themes of urgency, isolation and...

    No Contract
  • 1993
    An Erotic Concert

    An Erotic Concert

    An Erotic Concert

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    A series of filmed interviews with Rebecca Horn, performance artist, filmmaker and sculptress whose work explores the themes of sexuality, human...

    An Erotic Concert
  • 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
  • 2002
    Eat Fashion

    Eat Fashion

    Eat Fashion

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    Erin O'Connor explores the meaning of fashion consumption in a short performance film.

    Eat Fashion
  • 2004
    Kyupi Kyupi: The Best

    Kyupi Kyupi: The Best

    Kyupi Kyupi: The Best

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    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
  • 2020
    Esther Ferrer: Threads of Time

    Esther Ferrer: Threads of Time

    Esther Ferrer: Threads of Time

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    The definitive documentary that reviews the enormous career of Esther Ferrer, one of the great Spanish creators in the performance genre. A "hybrid"...

    Esther Ferrer: Threads of Time
  • 2015
    Me consume

    Me consume

    Me consume

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    "We are beginning a new era of Maya world view that is associated with important events. Departing from an interdisciplinary investigation,...

    Me consume
  • 2001
    Paul McCarthy: Destruction of the Body

    Paul McCarthy: Destruction of the Body

    Paul McCarthy: Destruction of the Body

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    Drawing on the idiom and imagery of the consumer culture he grew up in, video artist Paul McCarthy distorts and mutates the familiar into the...

    Paul McCarthy: Destruction of the Body
  • 1998
    Out O' Actions

    Out O' Actions

    Out O' Actions

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    Out O' Actions documents Kelley and McCarthy's preliminary activities in organizing a project for the Visitor's Gallery of the Museum of Contemporary...

    Out O' Actions
  • 2014
    When You Call Me That, Smile

    When You Call Me That, Smile

    When You Call Me That, Smile

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    A man leaves his quiet life in the country to become a comic entertainer in the Big City. His journey is a Surreal celebration of the descent into a...

    When You Call Me That, Smile