One Half Hour of Wiggling is a reality entertainment program. Three characters wiggle their bodies at various locations. An omniscient voice narrates the ensuing conflict between the three wigglers. Like a half hour long reality television show streaming
“Dress Pattern” Eli Burke
The work Dress Pattern questions existing systems within the gender binary. Is it possible to fail at gender? Who owns gender? As a transgender artist I often ask myself these questions and am always
“Mirror Tapping ((Empathy Labourers))” Adam Knight
Mirror Tapping ((Empathy Labourers)) ASMR videos (Autonomous sensory meridian response) seek to elicit feelings of physical ‘tingly’ sensations usually in the head, scalp or neck region of the body. They have become a recent online
“A Rousing View of Nature’s Magnificence” and “From the Rim” David Politzer
A Rousing View of Nature’s Magnificence A video performance made at Grand Canyon National Park. It is a study in superlative visual and textual representations of natural wonders. With this piece I consider the
“Contact A” and “EC One, Two, Three, and Four” Mike Newton
EC, Contact: Conceptualized as a model for an eye contact training video, EC draws off the strange and unknowable logic of established social conventions and the manifest difficulties (maybe even impossibilities) of teaching
“Lesson in Harmony” Willy Smart
Lesson in Harmony is broadcast video work that is just that: a lesson in vocal harmonization as well as a lesson in a more transcendent sort of harmony. An onscreen subject receives instruction in
“Love and Capitalism 1 and 2” Bret Hamilton and Harrison Martin
Love and Capitalism examines the connection between ideology and class by interviewing subjects on the streets of Chicago neighborhoods that vary in economic status. The film explores a structural critique of modern society through
“Moderato” and “Synopsis” Annetta Kapon
Airing daily Feb 1 – Mar 31, as part of Direct Object/Direct Action Shorts 1: Moderato 1 minute 38 seconds, 2014 A video about video, time, movement, sound, metronome, still photography, Man Ray. Airing daily Feb 1
“Tender Comrades” Sunita Prasad
Tender Comrades plays on the conventions of documentary filmmaking to tell a fictional story of a radical intellectual celebrity named Sophie Vix Maurer and her biggest fan: a fictionalized version of the artist herself.
The Institute for New Feeling (Scott Andrew, Agnes Bolt and Nina Sarnelle)
Airing nightly Feb 1 – Mar 31, 12 am CST: Platform 2: Voice by group, 2013 Use this self-hypnosis video to find your personal mantra. Recommended viewing in full screen in the dark with headphones. group is