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.

Chris Burden
A man with a mustache sitting in front of an American flag
The TV Commercials
1973-77/00

03:46 min., color, sound
Courtesy of Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York

Sophie Calle and Gregory Shephard
Double-Blind
1992

Video
75:58 min., color, sound
Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York

Camel Collective
Something Other Than What You Are
2018

Single channel version, HD video
34:26 min., color, sound

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
Hands around a glass bowl
Re Dis Appearing
1977

Video 
02:30 min., b&w, sound
Courtesy of Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York
Collection UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Patty Chang
Contortion
2000

Video
02:20 min., color, silent
Courtesy of the artist

David Claerbout
A still from David Claerbout's "The pure necessity"
The pure necessity
2016

Single-channel 2D animation
50:00 min., color, stereo sound
Courtesy the artist and galleries Sean Kelly New York, Esther Schipper, Berlin

Merce Cunningham and Richard Moore
The silhouette of a human figure falling.
Assemblage
1968

16mm film on video
58:03 min., color, sound
Courtesy of Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York

Alex Da Corte
A hand with fingerless gloves reaching out to a hand with dried paint on it
Chelsea Hotel no. 2
2010

HD digital video
03:04 min., color, sound
Courtesy of the artist

Lenora de Barros
A still from Leonora de Barros' "Homenagem a George Segal (Homage to George Segal)"
Homenagem a George Segal (Homage to George Segal)
1984

Video
03:07 min., color, sound
Courtesy of the artist and Georg Kargl Fine Arts