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.

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Nam June Paik and John Godfrey
Video still: close-up of a person’s face overlaid with glitchy, pixelated graphics and neon outlines in blue and magenta.
Global Groove
1973

Video
28:30 min., color, sound
Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York

Exhibited November 2011
Charlemagne Palestine
A man putting a bow-like object on a gate
Body Music I/Body Music II
1973-74

Video
20:30 min., b&w, sound
Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York

Exhibited August 2018
Alix Pearlstein
Video still: performers move across a stage under bright backlights; a woman in a gold jacket stands at center while others pass around her.
Goldrush
2008

HD video
03:05 min., color, sound
Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York

Exhibited June 2014
Rachel Perry
A still from Rachel Perry's "Karaoke Wrong Number"
Karaoke Wrong Number
2001-04

Video on DVD
07:14 and 05:46 min., color, sound
Courtesy of the artist and Yancey Richardson Gallery

Exhibited March 2014
Thao Nguyen Phan
Screenshot of Thao Nguyen Phan's "Becoming Alluvium"
Becoming Alluvium
2019

Single channel color video
16:50 min., color, sound
Courtesy of Galerie Zink Waldkirchen, Germany

Exhibited May 2021
John Pilson
man picking up files from desk
Mr. Pick Up
2001

Three channel video
17:00 min., color, sound
Courtesy Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York

Exhibited May 2012
Howardena Pindell
Screenshot of Howardena Pindell's "Free, White and 21"
Free, White and 21
1980

Video
12:15 min., color, sound
Courtesy of the artist, the University of Texas Libraries, and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York

Exhibited February 2021
Jefferson Pinder
A still from Jefferson Pinder's "Afro-Cosmonaut / Alien (White Noise)"
Afro-Cosmonaut / Alien (White Noise)
2008

Stop motion animation video
05:47 min., color, sound
Courtesy of the artist

Exhibited February 2025
Cheryl Pope
Video still: person in profile beside a row of large, teardrop-shaped water-filled vessels hanging from chains against a white background.
Up Against
2010

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

Exhibited September 2013