Carolee Schneemann Movies

  • 1970
    Times For

    Times For

    Times For

    8.51970HD

    An unfulfilled man renders himself to the unrealized sensuality of four women. In his drifting search, he fails and fades in the same loneliness as...

    Times For
  • 2004
    Devour

    Devour

    Devour

    02004HD

    Devour is a dual-channel version of the artist's multi-channel video projection installation of the same name. Schneemann notes that this work brings...

    Devour
  • 1988
    Catscan

    Catscan

    Catscan

    01988HD

    Catscan is a group performance within a chaotic density of projected images and office furniture, motivated by Egyptian funerary rituals of mourning,...

    Catscan
  • 1967
    Red News

    Red News

    Red News

    01967HD

    RED NEWS (1962-67) considers the interplay between media, entertainment, and violence. "I also had Red News simultaneously, that magical little...

    Red News
  • 1976
    Kitch's Last Meal

    Kitch's Last Meal

    Kitch's Last Meal

    61976HD

    Schneemann’s cat, Kitch, who was featured in works such as Fuses, was a major figure in Schneemann’s work for almost twenty years. The...

    Kitch's Last Meal
  • 1959
    Cat's Cradle

    Cat's Cradle

    Cat's Cradle

    5.91959HD

    Images of two women, two men, and a gray cat form a montage of rapid bits of movement. A woman is in a bedroom, another wears an apron: they work...

    Cat's Cradle
  • 1971
    Plumb Line

    Plumb Line

    Plumb Line

    5.81971HD

    The dissolution of a relationship unravels through visual and aural equivalences. Schneemann splits and recomposes actions of the lovers in a...

    Plumb Line
  • 1967
    Snows

    Snows

    Snows

    61967HD

    This is a newly restored version of documentation of the 1967 group performance Snows, which was built out of Schneemann's outrage and sorrows over...

    Snows
  • 1976
    Up To and Including Her Limits

    Up To and Including Her Limits

    Up To and Including Her Limits

    01976HD

    Up To and Including Her Limits extends the principles of Jackson Pollock's action painting. Schneemann is suspended from a rope harness, naked and...

    Up To and Including Her Limits
  • 1972
    Muñecos (Have a baby)

    Muñecos (Have a baby)

    Muñecos (Have a baby)

    01972HD

    The Super 8mm film “Muñecos” (1972) — shot by the artist, Leopoldo Maler and Carolee Schneemann — combines recordings...

    Muñecos (Have a baby)
  • 1966
    Water Light/Water Needle (St. Mark's Church in the Bowery)

    Water Light/Water Needle (St. Mark's Church in the Bowery)

    Water Light/Water Needle (St. Mark's Church in the Bowery)

    01966HD

    Eight performers, suspended from ropes, move to a score of randomized encounter. Schneemann writes that this "kinetic theatre" work was "conceived as...

    Water Light/Water Needle (St. Mark's Church in the Bowery)
  • 2009
    Infinity Kisses - The Movie

    Infinity Kisses - The Movie

    Infinity Kisses - The Movie

    62009HD

    Infinity Kisses - The Movie completes Schneemann's exploration of human and feline sensual communication. It incorporates extracts of the original...

    Infinity Kisses - The Movie
  • 1963
    Carl Ruggles' Christmas Breakfast

    Carl Ruggles' Christmas Breakfast

    Carl Ruggles' Christmas Breakfast

    61963HD

    In her earliest film, which has been newly transferred to video, Schneemann presents an abstracted portrait of the American composer Carl Ruggles,...

    Carl Ruggles' Christmas Breakfast
  • 2012
    Pinea Silva: Lost Meanings of the Christmas Tree

    Pinea Silva: Lost Meanings of the Christmas Tree

    Pinea Silva: Lost Meanings of the Christmas Tree

    02012HD

    Pinea Silva: Lost Meanings of the Christmas Tree, a performance-lecture by Carolee Schneemann, was first presented on December 15, 2011 as part of...

    Pinea Silva: Lost Meanings of the Christmas Tree
  • 2015
    Masculinity/Femininity

    Masculinity/Femininity

    Masculinity/Femininity

    02015HD

    Masculinity/Femininity is an experimental film project interrogating normative notions of gender, sexuality and performance. Shot primarily on Super...

    Masculinity/Femininity
  • 1998
    Women of Vision

    Women of Vision

    Women of Vision

    11998HD

    Documentary that highlights 18 women and covers a period of time from the 50's to the 90's. The women chosen were selected because they represent the...

    Women of Vision
  • 2007
    Americana I Ching Apple Pie

    Americana I Ching Apple Pie

    Americana I Ching Apple Pie

    02007HD

    Writes Schneemann: "The 'Americana I Ching Apple Pie' recipe was first enacted in my Belsize, London kitchen in 1972. Unfortunately, the original...

    Americana I Ching Apple Pie
  • 1966
    Water Light/Water Needle (Lake Mah Wah, NJ)

    Water Light/Water Needle (Lake Mah Wah, NJ)

    Water Light/Water Needle (Lake Mah Wah, NJ)

    61966HD

    Schneemann's classic 1966 aerial "Kinetic Theatre" work was first staged at St. Mark's Church in the Bowery, with eight performers moving to a score...

    Water Light/Water Needle (Lake Mah Wah, NJ)
  • 1977
    ABC - We Print Anything - In the Cards

    ABC - We Print Anything - In the Cards

    ABC - We Print Anything - In the Cards

    01977HD

    Video documentation of performance of the work hosted by De Appel, Amsterdam, in 1977 and filmed by Miguel-Ángel Cárdenas. In ABC - We...

    ABC - We Print Anything - In the Cards
  • 1987
    Art Is Reactionary

    Art Is Reactionary

    Art Is Reactionary

    01987HD

    Art Is Reactionary is the 10-minute video recording of a performance by Carolee Schneemann dating from 1987. Carolee Schneemann shares the stage...

    Art Is Reactionary