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.

Cheryl Pope
Up Against
2010

Single-channel HD video
10:00 min., color, sound
Courtesy of the artist, Mark Moore Gallery

Nicolas Provost
Two mirrored faces of the same woman
Papillon d’amour
2003

Video
04:00 min., b&w, sound
Image copyright the artist, courtesy of Video Data Bank, www.vdb.org

Yvonne Rainer
After Many a Summer Dies the Swan
2002

Video
31 min., color, sound
Courtesy of the Video Data Bank, www.vdb.org

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