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Fischli & Weiss, Der Lauf Der Dinge (The Way Things Go), 1987, Part 1
30 minutes
Part One of Fischli & Weiss's Der Lauf Der Dinge

Part Two is here.

Part Three is here.
Charlie White, OMG BFF LOL ("Bathroom" excerpt)
Charlie White's video OMG BFF LOL from his "Girl Studies" series.
Peter Liechti, Kick That Habit, 1989 (excerpt)
An excerpt from Peter Liechti's film Kick That Habit (1989). Jim O'Rourke selected this film for his Top Ten in the January 2009 issue of Artforum. To see the whole list, click here.
"Swoon: Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea"
Scribe Media
2008
"Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea by Swoon is a floating art performance, a project that took the efforts of seventy-five collaborators and a year to produce. The boats, or floating sculptures, were assembled and shipped to Troy, New York, stopping by various towns along the river for impromptu performances."

This video, timed to coincide with the opening of her newest exhibition in New York, features interviews with Swoon and with Jeffrey Deitch.
Charlie White, OMG BFF LOL ("Bedroom" excerpt)
Charlie White's cartoon OMG BFF LOL from his project "Girl Studies" 2008.
Fischli & Weiss, Der Lauf Der Dinge (The Way Things Go), 1987, Part 3
30 minutes
Part Three of Fischli & Weiss's Der Lauf Der Dinge.

Part One is here.

Part Two is here.
Cindy Sherman in her studio in 1986
State of the Art
This video is an excerpt of an episode of State of the Art, a series of documentaries about the visual arts in the 1980s. Filmed in Europe, the United States, and Australia in 1985-6, the six programs feature many key artists including Cindy Sherman, Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Antony Gormley, Hans Haacke, Eric Fischl, and Joseph Beuys.
Ann Liv Young, Snow White (excerpt)
An excerpt from Ann Liv Young's performance Snow White.
Interview with Joseph Beuys (1972)
Willoughby Sharp interviews Joseph Beuys in 1972.
Trailer for Objectified (2009)
Gary Hustwit
A peek at the upcoming design documentary Objectified, by Gary Hustwit, the director of Helvetica. The trailer features the voices of Jonathan Ive, Andrew Blauvelt, Marc Newson, and Karim Rashid. The song is "I Like Van Halen Because My Sister Says They Are Cool" by El Ten Eleven.

Objectified premieres at film festivals and events worldwide starting this March, more info here.
Charlie White, OMG BFF LOL ("Mall" excerpt)
2008
Charlie White's cartoon OMG BFF LOL from his project "Girl Studies" 2008.
Elmgreen & Dragset, video clip from Memorial for Homosexual Victims of Nazism
2008
A clip from Thomas Vinterburg's film (shot by Robby Müller) of two men kissing, a component of Germany’s national memorial for homosexual victims of National Socialism. The opening of the memorial, designed by artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset, was covered on Artforum.com's diary.
George Brecht, Drip Music, (performance)
George Brecht's Drip Music performed at Tate Modern in May 2008 during the UBS Long Weekend.
Interview with Jamie Isenstein
Mads Lynnerup
2007
Interview with Jamie Isenstein done by Mads Lynnerup December 10th, 2007
Martin Creed, Work No. 850, 2008 (interview and footage)
2008, performance
TateShots talks with Martin Creed about his project at Tate Britain, Work No. 850, which consists of runners dodging visitors as they sprint through the gallery as fast as they can. It happens every thirty seconds, jolting this normally serene space for an instant.
Julian Schnabel on 60 Minutes, December 7, 2008
12 minutes
Morley Safer profiles Julian Schnabel on this episode of 60 Minutes.
Spalding Gray, Swimming to Cambodia (excerpt)
Spalding Gray
An excerpt from Spalding Gray's Swimming to Cambodia.
Rirkrit Tiravanija, JG Reads, 2008 (trailer)
2008, 10 hours, 6 minutes
A trailer for Rirkrit Tirvanija's JG Reads, 2008. Originally debuted at Gavin Brown's Enterprise in New York, 11/22/2008 – 12/20/2008. A 500 Words interview with John Giorno can be found on Artforum.com here.
John Cage, 4'33", 1952. Performed by David Tudor
David Tudor performs John Cage's 4'33", 1952 in 2006.
Jeff Krulik, Heavy Metal Parking Lot, 1986 (trailer)
A trailer for Jeff Krulik's 1986 film Heavy Metal Parking Lot. Andrew Hultkrans covered a conversation with Krulik at Light Industry in January 2009. His piece can be found here.
"Mea Culpa" by Brian Eno and David Byrne
Bruce Conner
1981
"Mea Culpa" is a track from Eno and Byrne's album My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts (1981). The late artist Bruce Conner made this film to accompany the song.
"California Video"
The Getty Center
"California Video" (March 15, 2008–June 8, 2008) at the Getty Center featured the work of fifty-eight artists, duos, and collectives including Ant Farm, John Baldessari, Brian Bress, Nancy Buchanan, Chris Burden, Allan Kaprow, Mike Kelly, Suzanne Lacy, Bruce Nauman, Martha Rosler, Bill Viola, and William Wegman.
Matt Mullican performs under hypnosis at Tate Modern
January 2007; 4:52
Artist Matt Mullican under hypnosis at the Tate Modern in January 2007. An interview with Mullican while under hypnosis appears in the January 2009 issue of Artforum. The interview is available here.
Luciana Achugar performance at Klaus von Nichtssagend
2007, 9 minutes 41 seconds
Choreographer Luciana Achugar at Klaus von Nichtssagend gallery in a performance on September 8, 2007.
Willoughby Sharp's "Reappearance" at Mitchell Algus Gallery, Part 1
James Kalm
"A brief recording of Willoughby Sharp's exhibition "Reappearance" documenting his career as a performance artist. Beyond the works pictured, Sharp has, for over forty years, been a constant presence on the New York art scene. Perhaps best known for his innovative melding of performance and technology, he was instrumental in bringing Joseph Beuys to the attention of America, expounding the practice of conceptual art with his publication of Avalanche, establishing video as high art, running a cutting-edge gallery during the East Village epoch, and curating important exhibitions at major museums and institutions. Featuring interviews with Willoughby Sharp and Mitchell Algus."

Willoughby Sharp passed away on December 17, 2008.
Alva Noto's Neue Stadt (Skizze 8), 2001
Carsten Nicolai
2001
The video for Alva Noto/Carsten Nicolai's Neue Stadt (Skizze 8), 2001.
Fischli & Weiss, Der Lauf Der Dinge (The Way Things Go), 1987, Part 2
30 minutes
Part Two of Fischli & Weiss's Der Lauf Der Dinge

Part One is here.

Part Three is here.
"Scribble Drawings"
MASS MoCA
2008
"Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective, opened November 16, 2008 at MASS MoCA."
Leo Villareal in his studio
Cool Hunting
"Our 65th video visits New York-based light sculptor Leo Villareal in his Chelsea studio a week before his third solo show in Manhattan inaugurates the new Gering & López gallery. Leo walks us through his latest three sculptures that he's exhibiting, including "Hive," an interactive piece, "Field," which is a massive sunset-like work of shifting colors and a piece like "Origin" based on Newtonian physics. We also get a peak at the custom software Leo uses to program his mesmerizing patterns of light and get a sampling of other large-scale outdoor installations he's completed."
Obama's weekly address, November 15, 2008
The first of Barack Obama's weekly addresses broadcast on YouTube. In the January 2009 issue of Artforum, novelist Lynne Tillman offers some considerations on this and other broadcasts by Obama. For more details, click here.

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