Performance Art Movies

A young man in a tram is asking a bit too much from a stranger.

Bas Jan Ader hangs from the branch of a tall tree, until he loses his grip and falls into a river below.

A body lurchs through the university.

Detested Unrested Attested Arrested' is a video work that deals with the topic of pressure. We constantly have to face pressure In our everyday...

Black and White Tapes derive from a series of performances Paul McCarthy undertook in his Los Angeles studio from 1970 to 1975. Conceived for the...

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

A recently hatched turtle, made of sand and by hand, returns to the sea.

A documentary about the Kosmos collective in Timisoara: a self-organized group of artists, curators, and musicians who revived a former textile...

Genesis P-Orridge: We used to just improvise at night, making up stories to each other. And so at some point we began making videos but when that one...

This fascinating and retrospective look at the music of the outspoken and multitalented Lydia Lunch represents every stage of her varied career, with...

Experience the joy of flight with Alice Sheppard and Laurel Lawson

A re-creation for film of Meredith Monk's seminal dance/theater work incorporating film and original music, voice, guitar, and audiotapes. Originally...

A documentary that follows the Bixa Pare Collective during an edition of the Sarau Bixaria Literária, exploring art, freedom of expression,...

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

Where do I go from here is a performance arthouse-style film exploring the nostalgia of the concept of home in terms of home as a feeling rather than...

A disparate group of dancers, preferring to express themselves through dance rather than speech, clash with each other and members of the local...

The Rock Touring Around Great Britain is a performance piece by Chinese artist He Yunchang that involved a walking circumambulation of Great Britain...

Performance artist Selina Thompson recreates her award-winning and deeply personal monologue about her journey by cargo ship, retracing the route of...

Offbeat performance artists The Blue Man Group have finally been captured live on this disc that features concert footage, three full-length music...