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.

Maren Hassinger
Daily Mask
2004

16mm film
3:30 min., color, sound
Courtesy of the artist

Donna Conlon - Editor
Lori Kimboro - Editor
Ford Allen - Producer
David Flanigan - Lighting and Camera
Andrew Bailey - Music
C.B. Rawicz-Majcherski - Props

Mona Hatoum
A female figure behind superimposed text
Measures of Distance
1988

Video
15:30 min., color, cound
Image copyright the artist, courtesy of Video Data Bank, www.vdb.org

Laura Hermanides
A still from Laura Hermanides' "Anahit."
Anahit
2022

HD, single-channel video
08:51 min., color, sound
Courtesy of The Curators Room, Barcelona/Amsterdam

Gary Hill
Around & About
1980

Video
05:00 min., color, sound
Courtesy of Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York

Jenny Holzer
A dark background with "ABUSE" written in large red letters
Televised Texts
1990

Video
13:00 min., color, sound
Courtesy Video Data Bank, www.vdb.org

Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler
A still of "Single Wide" in which a car has crashed through a single wide trailer.
Single Wide
2002

Single-channel video installation
06:07 min. loop, color, stereo sound
Courtesy Burger Collection, Hong Kong, Zürich

Ulysses Jenkins
A still from Ulysses Jenkins' "Secrecy: Help Me to Understand."
Secrecy: Help Me to Understand
1994

Video
08:00 min., color, sound
Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York

Joan Jonas
Vertical Roll
1972

Video
19:38 min., b&w, sound
Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York

Miranda July
A short haired woman in a vest holding a black and white television
The Amateurist
1998

Video
14:00 min., color, sound
Image copyright the artist, courtesy of Video Data Bank, www.vdb.org