In Her Own Image: Kelley Conway on Agnès Varda

Scholar Kelley Conway discusses director Agnès Varda’s unique approach to self-representation in THE BEACHES OF AGNÈS, in this interview recorded for the Criterion Collection in 2019.

Song of Flesh and Image Was Made Body

The video starts as a criminal story of one man chasing another, whereby the emphasis is not laid on the final outcome, but on colour surfaces that sneak into the black and white world of industrial plant. Then the colou

Mirror Image: What Do You See in the Mirror

In a time of cell phones, Internet and laptops who controls Harrisville? The past. The present. The future? Is the present repeating the past and what does the future hold? Murder, lies, insanity - ghosts. In the past -

John Jacobs and the Power Team: The Mirror Image

The Power Team, led by motivational evangelist John Jacobs, promote Christ through various feats of strength.

K.I.L.L. – Kinetic Image Laboratory/Lobotomy

An accumulation of 180 different perspectives of a bank’s skyscraper. Each perspective takes just one frame.At first there is chaos, then systems of visual organisation develop. The sound consists of a sampled phrase mea

The Still Image and the Labour Process: An Agitka

The Still Image and the Labour Process: An Agitka is an experimental short film made in the style of a silent Soviet agitational-propaganda short (agitka). In proper Soviet, or perhaps Vertovian, fashion, it argues throu

Vija Celmins: To Fix the Image in Memory

Celmins leads us through her 2019-20 retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, reviews photographs at her Soho studio, works on a woodcut print, and paints at her Water Mill studio. A journey through six decades o

A Double Image Both in Focus Simultaneously, Part One

School girls in a public swimming pool.

Mirror Image - Andrei Tarkovsky and Víctor Erice

Two iconic figures in cinema closely related

When an image finds herself in an echo chamber

In the video work 'When an image finds herself in an echo chamber' we see an image floating in her own echo chamber where she is confronted with her own existence, meeting other images along the way.

Freedom of the Image: The Origins of the Video Nasties Hysteria

2021 visual essay by filmmaker Chris O'Neill following the origins of video nasty filmmaking.

Creating a Different Image: Portrait of Alile Sharon Larkin

A jubilant affirmation of self-identity, Creating a Different Image is Alile Sharon Larkin in her own words defiantly declaring, "I am an artist." Learn more about the personal life and professional aspirations of the f

I Also Retained a Vague Image of Happiness

A semi-autobiographical story of a desperate and seemingly narcissistic young man living in Tehran, who expects more from life than it can offer. He hopelessly keeps trying to reconnect with the world around him, his lo

Captain Meitanos. The Image of a Mythical Personage

A retired diplomat has begun writing a historical novel about the legendary Captain Meϊtanos, who lived in the 17th century. Initially, he was a klepht (bandit), then an armatolos (member of irregular forces), then a kle

Kevin Costner : le secret d'une image parfaite

In 1990, thanks to his role in Dance with the Wolves, Kevin Costner is an actor who brings in 425 million dollars and the film wins 7 Oscars. How did Kevin Costner go from light to shade? Where did his fortune go? How, i

Bel Air ～Kuuhaku no Toki no Naka de～ de l'image

Our hero (GACKT) has a quaint life with his wife (Judith Chancel), her brother (Yu~ki), and a nobleman (Kami). One day, a clairvoyant tells them that they are cursed, so Gackt tries to fix this.

Image und Umsatz, oder: Wie kann man einen Schuh darstellen?

An ad agency creates a new campaign for a shoe company.

My Image Observes Your Image If It Is Possible to Observe It

Phuttiphong Aroonpheng made this work during an artist-in-residence programme at the Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) in Dublin, Ireland. The Thai film maker gazed in amazement at his new northern home base. He floated like a

Ombre censurée, ou l'image interdite

Banned from Broadcast: The Movie - Brainwashed - The Evil Image of Iron

The legendary series that became a huge hit, with enthusiastic fans and two theatrical versions, is finally back!