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.

R. Eric McMaster
A still from R. Eric McMaster's "Pendulum"
Pendulum
2014

1080p digital video
05:12 min., color, silent
Courtesy of the artist

Josephine Meckseper
0% Down
2008

Video transferred to DVD
6 min., b&w, sound
Courtesy of Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York

Ana Mendieta
Untitled (Blood Sign #2 / Body Tracks)
1974

Super-8mm film transferred to DVD
1:01 min., color, silent
Courtesy Galerie Lelong, New York

Marilyn Minter
A lipsticked open mouth surrounded by liquid
Green Pink Caviar
2009

HD digital video
07:45 min., color, sound
Courtesy of the artist and Salon 94, New York

Kent Monkman
A man in a long Native American headdress and large pumps sitting on a horse
Group of Seven Inches
2005

Video
07:35 min., b&w, sound
Courtesy of Vtape.org

 

Linda Montano
A woman's face with needles in her cheeks
Mitchell's Death
1977

Video
22:20 min., black and white, sound
Image copyright the artist, courtesy of Video Data Bank, www.vdb.org

Sarah Morris
Small cherubit Olympic mascots with a woman walking by
Beijing
2008

35mm/HD 
84:47 min., color, sound
© Sarah Morris. Courtesy White Cube

Takeshi Murata
Infinite Doors
2010

16 mm film on video
18:16 min., color, sound
Courtesy of the artist and Electronic Arts Inter- mix (EAI), New York

Sofía Gallisá Muriente
A still from Sofía Gallisá Muriente's "Asimilar y destruir (Assimilate & Destroy) I and II."
Asimilar y destruir (Assimilate & Destroy) I and II
2018-19

16mm film rephotographed to video
2:38 min., black and white, silent | 6:42 min., color, sound
Courtesy of the artist