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 Donegan
A woman in a bra with a plastic bag over her head
Artists + Models
1998

Video
04:43 min., b&w, sound
Courtesy of Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York

John Edmonds
Screenshot of John Edmonds' "Shotgun"
Shotgun
2014

HD Video
TRT 9:53 min., color, no sound
Courtesy of the artist
 

David Ellis
A still from David Ellis' "Animal."
Animal
2010

Blu-ray disc
09:39 min., color, sound
Purchase, The University of Texas at Austin, 2010

David Ellis
A still from David Ellis' "Animal" which shows paint spray across the screen.
Animal
2010

Blu-ray disc
9:39 min., color, sound
Commission, Landmarks, The University of Texas at Austin, 2010

David Ellis
A still from David Ellis' "Animal." In this still an animal looks frontally at the camera, a fur-like pattern covers the animal who is squinting and looks somewhat pug-like
Animal
2010

Blu-ray disc
09:39 min., color, sound
Purchase, The University of Texas at Austin, 2010

Valie Export
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 

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

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