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  • Harmony Korine, Spring Breakers, 2012 (official trailer)
    2012, 2:13
    To read Amy Taubin's piece on the film, click here.
  • Noritoshi Hirakawa's Vier Zwei Eins, 2006 (official trailer)
    2006, 29 min
    This performance was filmed the night before its premiere at the Baukunst Gallery in Cologne in 2006.
  • Pier Paolo Pasolini, The Gospel According to St. Matthew, 1964
    1964, 2:17:00
    Pier Paolo Pasolini The Gospel According to St. Matthew, 1964.
  • Pier Paolo Pasolini, Arabian Nights, 1974
    1974, 125 min
    Pier Paolo Pasolini's Arabian, 1974.
  • Yang Fudong, First Spring, 2010
    2010, 9:11
    Yang Fudong's First Spring was shot for Prada Spring/Summer 2010.
    Shot in Shanghai, China. Produced by North Six, creative by David James.
  • Mike Nelson discusses Coral Reef, 2000
    TateShots
    2010, 4:56
    Mike Nelson discusses his work Coral Reef, 2000.
  • Mike Kelley and Anita Pace, Pansy Metal Clovered Hoof, 2012
    Stedelijk Museum
    12:15, 2013
    A restaging of the Mike Kelley and Anita Pace's 1989 Pansy Metal Clovered Hoof at the Stedelijk Museum in 2012.
  • David Wojnarowicz discusses arts funding, ca. 1990
    ca. 1990, 4:33
    Artist David Wojnarowicz discusses right-wing backlash against the NEA and arts funding (circa 1990).
  • Interview with Karole Armitage
    artforum.com
    2013
    Karole Armitage speaks about her life and her work for 500 Words.
  • Trailer for Gone With the Wind, 1939
    1939, 2:30
    Trailer for Gone With the Wind, 1930. Directed by Victor Fleming
  • Martin Rev and Divine Enfant, Asia, 2012
    2012; 4:00
    A music video by Divine Enfant for Martin Rev's song “Asia,” which is from his album Marvel.
  • Narcissister + A. L. Steiner, Winter/Spring Collection, 2013
    12:38
    Narcissister and A.L. Steiner's Winter/Spring Collection.
     
    Creative Direction: Narcissister + A.L. Steiner
    Camera + Editing: A.L. Steiner
    Costumes + Props: Narcissister
    Music: Narcissister and Earthmasters with Katrina Stoneheart
    Special thanks to Gretchen Ryan
    Dedicated to the memory of Sarah Benzaquen Lumpkin
    Commissioned by MoCAtv // All Rights Reserved // 2013
  • Trailer for The Feature, 2008
    SeeThink Films
    2008, 4:20
    Trailer for The Feature, 2008
     
    SeeThink Films (2008)
    Directors: Michel Auder & Andrew Neel
    Producer: Ethan Palmer
    Editor: Luke Meyer
    Writers: Michel Auder, Luke Meyer & Andrew Neel
  • A Brief History of John Baldessari, 2012
    Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman
    The epic life of a world-class artist, jammed into six minutes. Narrated by Tom Waits. Commissioned by LACMA for their first annual “Art + Film Gala” honoring John Baldessari and Clint Eastwood.
  • Liz Magic Laser, The Armory Show Focus Group, 2013 (official trailer)
    2013, 8:57
    As part of the 2013 Armory Show, performance artist Liz Magic Laser was commissioned to produce limited edition art works, enlisting the help of a market research analyst to perform a focus group of art consumers whose feedback would ultimately determine how the artist would approach her work for the fair. This trailer of Laser's video, The Armory Show Focus Group (2013), shows discussions culled from a series of six focus groups that yielded over twelve hours of footage.
  • Anti-Pinochet “No” Campaign ad
    1988, 2:09
    The original ad created by Ricardo Lagos to encourage the Chilean people to vote “No” on the 1988 plebiscite referendum rejecting Augusto Pinochet as leader of Chile. The Chilean people voted 55 percent “No.”
  • Interview with Joan Semmel
    artforum.com
    2013, 6:37
    Joan Semmel speaks about her life and her work for artforum.com's 500 Words.
  • Christopher Felver, Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder, 2009 (official trailer)
    2009, 2:13
    To read more about the life and work of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, click here.
  • Xtra! Interview with Kevin Hegge, director of She Said Boom: The Story of Fifth Column, 2012
    Xtra!
    Video, 4:28
    To read Travis Jeppesen’s review of the London Lesbian & Gay 2013 Film Festival, click here.
  • Alexandre Singh, 3 Lectures + 1 Story = 4 Evenings, 2009
    2009, 2:14
    Over four consecutive evenings, White Columns, in association with PERFORMA 09, hosted a series of narrative performances by Alexandre Singh. Taking the mantle from Homer, Singh related from memory The Alkahest, a series of interwoven tales composed by Singh featuring golems, monks, parrots, twentieth century abstract painters, and the creation of the world.
  • Pier Paolo Pasolini's Accatone, 1961
    1961, 1:53:00
    Pier Paolo Pasolini's Accatone, 1961.
  • Trailer for Terrence Malick's To the Wonder, 2013
    Trailer for Terrence Malick's To the Wonder, 2013
  • David Wojnarowicz reads from Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration (Part 4)
    David Wojnarowicz reads from Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration.
     
    Part 4.
  • Trailer for Shogoro Nishimura’s Apartment Wife: Affair in the Afternoon, 1971.
    35 mm, color, sound, 64 minutes.
    Trailer for Shogoro Nishimura’s Apartment Wife: Affair in the Afternoon, 1971, 35 mm, color, sound, 64 minutes.
  • Interview with Richard Foreman
    artforum.com
    2013; 7:24
    Richard Foreman speaks about his life and and work for 500 Words.
  • James Kalm Visits Paul Laffoley's exhibition at Kent Fine Art
    2013, 10:12
    James Kalm on Paul Laffoley's 2012 show at Kent Fine Arts. The video includes a brief interview with the artist.
  • Trailer for Alex Rivera's Sleep Dealer, 2008
    2008, 1:30
    Trailer for Alex Rivera's Sleep Dealer, 2008.
  • Trailer for Mohsen Makhmalbaf's The Gardener, 2012 (official trailer)
    2012, 4:11
    Mohsen Makhmalbaf's The Gardener, 2012, was filmed in Israel and premiered at the seventeenth Busan International Film Festival from October 4–13, 2012.
  • Lernert & Sander, How To Explain It To My Parents: Arno Coenen, 2010
    Video; 12:12
    Taken from a documentary series that includes the work of five other artists, Amsterdam-based duo Lernert & Sander here filmed Arno Coenen explaining his art to his father. Artists Harm van den Dorpel, Martin Hendriks, Bart Julius Peters, and Martin de Waal also participated in this series, which was commissioned by Limboland and funded by The Netherlands Film Fund.
  • D. W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation, 1915
    1915: 3:00
    D. W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation, 1915
  • David Wojnarowicz reads from Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration (Part 3)
    3:29
    David Wojnarowicz reads from Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration.
     
    Part 3.
  • Trailer for Katherine Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty, 2012
    2012, 2:15
    Trailer for Katherine Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty, 2012
  • Crackle of Time - Christoph Schlingensief and his Opera Village in Burkina Faso, 2012
    2012, 1:43
    A film by Sibylle Dahrendorf.
  • Clip from Haskell Wexler, Medium Cool, 1969.
    7:23
    Clip from Haskell Wexler, Medium Cool, 1969.
  • Andrew Bujalski, Computer Chess, 2013 (official trailer)
    2013, 1:46
    To read Nick Pinkerton's review of the 2013 True/False Film Festival, click here.
  • Ian Svenonius, Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock ’n’ Roll Group, 2012
    2012, 1:50
    Song by Ian Svenonius and Alex Minoff. Guest voices by Katie Alice Greer and Francy Graham. Video directed, produced, and edited by Bacchus Lourdes. To read Svenonius's 500 Words on the book click here.
  • Pier Paolo Pasolini, The Decameron, 1971
    1971, 112 mins
    Pier Paolo Pasolini The Decameron, 1971.
  • Vito Acconci, Centers, 1971
    Video; 22:53
    Vito Acconci, Centers, 1971
  • BBC HARDtalk Interview with Tracey Emin
    BBC
    2012, 24:14
    Tracey Emin is interviewed by Stephen Sackur on BBC HARDtalk, in a program that first broadcasted on May 29, 2012. To read Emin's 500 Words click here.
  • David Wojnarowicz reads from Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration (Part 1)
    1:40
    David Wojnarowicz reads from Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration.
     
    Part 1.
  • Lewis Klahr’s Kiss the Rain and The Street of Everlasting Rain
    2012, digital video, color, sound, 14 minutes 2 seconds.
    Lewis Klahr’s Kiss the Rain and The Street of Everlasting Rain
  • Cinematic Scope at Georg Kargl Fine Arts, 2013
    2013, 3:32
    Group exhibition at Georg Kargl Fine Arts in Vienna featuring Andreas Fogarasi, Björn Kämmerer, Manuel Knapp, David Maljkovic, Wolfgang Plöger and Tobias Putrih. Curated by Fiona Liewehr.
  • Trailer for Pablo Larraín’s No, 2012
    2012, 2:06
    Trailer for Pablo Larraín’s No, 2012
  • Hitler finds out about the 5th Auckland Triennial opening.
    3:50
    Hitler finds out about the 5th Auckland Triennial opening.
  • DLD 2013 Arts Project with Chris Milk and Aaron Koblin
    2013, 12:47 min
    Talk DLD13: DLD Arts Project with Chris Milk and Aaron Koblin introduced by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Johannes Fricke Waldthausen.
  • Radcliffe Bailey, “Notes,” 2013
    Video, 6:49
    Artist Radcliffe Bailey speaks about his latest exhibition, “Notes,” at Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, on view from April 3 to April 27, 2013.
  • Frances Stark on My Best Thing, 2011
    2012, 6:50
    Frances Stark discusses My Best Thing, 2011. Filmed at Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, in February 2012.
  • Pier Paolo Pasolini, The Decameron, 1971
    1971, 112 mins
    Pier Paolo Pasolini's The Decameron, 1971.
  • Pyramid Club, New York, in the early 80s
    0:38
    Pyramid Club spot on Entertainment Tonight. Presented by Robin Leach and featuring Neil Sedaka.
  • Ravi Shankar at the Monterey Pop Festival, June 1967.
    1967
    Ravi Shankar at the Monterey Pop Festival, June 1967.
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