Movies

  • 1982
    Palace of Error

    Palace of Error

    Palace of Error

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    “A theory discourse among three participants, enacted in silhouette.” –Tony Conrad

    Palace of Error
  • 1988
    A Public Appearance and a Statement

    A Public Appearance and a Statement

    A Public Appearance and a Statement

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    In one incredibly long take we see the arrival and disappearance of John Kennedy's body as it is delivered from Dallas aboard Air Force One.

    A Public Appearance and a Statement
  • 2024
    Joan's Studio

    Joan's Studio

    Joan's Studio

    02024HD

    An exploration of Joan Jonas’s studio in Nova Scotia in August 2019, by night with torch, but no spear. Special thanks to Peggy Ahwesh for...

    Joan's Studio
  • 1982
    Imitation of Life

    Imitation of Life

    Imitation of Life

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    Finally, manipulating the "natural" flow of the film image represents another kind of intrinsic interruption. I have in mind such devices as...

    Imitation of Life
  • 1988
    1970 or the Collapse of History in the Hysterical Sublime

    1970 or the Collapse of History in the Hysterical Sublime

    1970 or the Collapse of History in the Hysterical Sublime

    01988HD

    8mm-to-digital and 16mm projector performance. This work includes the film NAVIGATION, which has been preserved by Anthology Film Archives.

    1970 or the Collapse of History in the Hysterical Sublime
  • 2001
    Semi-private sub-Hegelian Panty Fantasy (with sound)

    Semi-private sub-Hegelian Panty Fantasy (with sound)

    Semi-private sub-Hegelian Panty Fantasy (with sound)

    62001HD

    A philosophical dream narrative, structured around conceptions and representations of the reversibility and irreversibility of time and desire. The...

    Semi-private sub-Hegelian Panty Fantasy (with sound)
  • 2000
    For the Birds

    For the Birds

    For the Birds

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    Part three of a cycle of digital video works I'm beginning to call-after Bataille-«Theory of religion, theory of ecstasy.» The other two...

    For the Birds
  • 2012
    Emma's Dilemma

    Emma's Dilemma

    Emma's Dilemma

    12012HD

    Henry Hills’s Emma’s Dilemma reinvents the portrait for the age of digital reproduction. In a set of tour-de-force probes into the images...

    Emma's Dilemma
  • 2015
    Energy of Delusion

    Energy of Delusion

    Energy of Delusion

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    My aim is to create a highly compressed museum of cinema, consisting of some of the most notoriously engaging, difficult, and lengthy works of film...

    Energy of Delusion
  • 1997
    The Vision Machine

    The Vision Machine

    The Vision Machine

    01997HD

    Here Ahwesh's heterogeneous textual approach comes to the fore, as she juxtaposes narrative, faux documentary, comedic and "serious" footage, and...

    The Vision Machine