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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Valie Export
Video still, black-and-white: crowd gathered in a public square as two people handle a large metal box or cabinet in the foreground.
Touch Cinema
1968

16mm film on video
01:08 min., b&w, sound
Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York

Kota Ezawa
Screenshot of Kota Ezawa's "Simpson Verdict." Three men in a cartoonish "flat-color" style look in different directions.
The Simpson Verdict
2002

Video
3:00 min., color, sound
Courtesy of the Haines Gallery, San Francisco 

Arash Fayez
A still from Arash Fayez's "I Can Only Dance to One Song"
I Can Only Dance to One Song
2021

Single channel 4K UHD video
10:53 min., color, sound
Courtesy of the artist

Cao Fei
Silhouetted arms and hands failing around
Shadow Life
2011

Video
10:00 min., b&w, sound
Courtesy of Cao Fei and Vitamin Creative Space

Fischli & Weiss
A still of Fischli & Weiss' "Der Lauf der Dinge (The Way Things Go)"
Der Lauf der Dinge (The Way Things Go)
1987

16mm film transferred to video
31:00 min., color, sound
Courtesy of Matthew Marks Gallery

Jesse Fleming
Film still of straight razor and snail
The Snail and the Razor
2012

Single channel video
07:56 min., color, sound
Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York

Sylvie Fleury
Video still: two people’s lower legs and feet in bright red high heels standing on a dark mat against a pale wall.
Walking on Carl Andre
1997

Video
24:40 min., color, sound

Courtesy of the artist and Salon 94, New York

Simone Forti
A still from "Solo No. 1"
Solo No. 1
1974

Video
18:40 min., b&w, sound
Courtesy of Video Data Bank, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Hermine Freed
A woman in a shawl shrugging her shoulders
Art Herstory
1974

Video
22:00 min., color, sound
Courtesy of Video Data Bank, www.vdb.org