Cinematic films and performance documentation have often been separated categorically. Yet, Carolee Schneemann’s films push against these distinctions, whether by painting with her camera or mirroring back moments in time.
Nursery Rhymes: Three Films by Esther Shatavsky
A 10-day streaming program of three films by Esther Shatavsky, alongside the first major interview with the filmmaker.
Ghost in the Machine: ‘Hole in the Head’ (2022)
Hole in the Head, the new feature from Dean Kavanagh, is a wonderfully labile rendition of cinematic obsession as a simultaneously profound, absurd, deracinating, and visceral experience.
Cinema is an Open String: Two Early Shorts by Isiah Medina
“Looking at Medina’s earliest work, specifically Semi-auto colours and Time is a sun (2012) reveals much of his ambitious form and preoccupations already set in motion.”
A lecture by Gregory Markopoulos delivered at Kent State University, June 30, 1968
The following text originally appeared in the Whitney Museum of American Art book, Gregory J. Markopoulos: Mythic Themes, Portraiture, and Films of Place (1996).
Red, a Jodie Mack tribute
In February 2011, Jodie Mack’s Rad Plaid was shown at Anthology Film Archives while two groups from the audience shouted “plaid” every time they saw vertical or horizontal lines on screen.
“New York Our Time”—An Interview with Vivienne Dick
Ruairí McCann interviews Irish feminist experimental filmmaker Vivienne Dick about her life’s work.
UDVFF Special Stream #3: Coming Into Focus
Tune in for a live-stream of our third special UDVFF program this Friday, February 4th at 8pm Berlin Time (Central European Time). It will remain online for 48 hours.
“The skeleton of what you’re making” — An Interview with Richard Forbes-Hamilton
In his latest work, (Third Study for) Swedge of Heaven (2020), multi-disciplinary artist Richard Forbes-Hamilton presents us with the precise image of his beat: a digitally animated individual with an oversized yellow whistle for a head – complete with a stoic ‘have a nice day’ smiley for a face – arrhythmically pounding on a drum with glow sticks.