Landmarks Video Archive

Landmarks Video presents the most highly regarded and influential works of video art from the past six decades. This page is an archive of every work presented as part of the Landmarks Video program and includes curatorial essays, images, and other contextual information. 

Please note that some videos may not be appropriate for all audiences.

Miguel Angel Ríos
A man swinging a raw steak on a rope while a dog bites his sleeve
Crudo
2008

Video
03:14 min., color, sound
Courtesy of the artist and Sicardi Gallery, Houston, TX

Pipilotti Rist
I'm a Victim of this Song
1995

Video
5:06 min., color, sound
Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York

Matthew Ritchie
A still from Matthew Ritchie's "Caudex"
Caudex
2022

Looped digital animation with choral soundtrack by Shara Nova
10:54 min., color, sound
Courtesy of the artist and James Cohan, New York

Michael Robinson
Screenshot of Michael Robinson's "The Dark, Krystal"
The Dark, Krystle
2013

HD Video
9:34 min., color, sound
Courtesy of the Video Data Bank at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, vdb.org

Miguel Ángel Rojas
Nine panels featuring various figures, shapes, and objects
Corte en el ojo
2003

Video
06:47 min, color, sound
Courtesy of Sicardi Gallery, Houston

Martha Rosler
Semiotics of the Kitchen
1975

Video
6:09 min, b&w, sound
Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York

Tom Rubnitz and Ann Magnuson
The head of a woman in front of a patterned wall
Made For TV
1984

U-matic video
15:00 min., color, sound
Image copyright of the artist, courtesy of Video Data Bank, www.vdb.org

 

Athi-Patra Ruga
Screenshot of Athi-Putra Ruga's "Over the Rainbow (Queens in Exile Series)"
Over the Rainbow (Queens in Exile Series)
2016-2017

Single channel HD video
09:27 min., color, sound
Courtesy of the artist and WHATIFTHEWORLD Gallery, Cape Town, ZA

Chen Sai Hua Kuan
Space Drawing No. 7
2010

Digital film
60 sec., color, sound
Courtesy of the artist and Osage Gallery, Hong Kong