Pencicle of Praise

Martha Rosler

2018, 12:40 min, color, sound, HD video

"Vice President Mike Pence eagerly plays cheerleader in chief for Donald Trump. In accepting the vice-presidential nomination in 2016, Pence proclaimed, 'I'm a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican — in that order,' suggesting how we might understand his role. This ground-breaking,...

Perfect Film

Ken Jacobs

1985, 23:57 min, color and b&w, sound

Comprised of newsreel out-takes purchased by Jacobs for $5 on Canal Street, Perfect Film depicts the news as "a daily tidal sweep and very little of what we learn can stick, and move us to take action towards the control of events. Anything may be revealed for a day and then it must clear the stage immediately."

Performer/Audience/Mirror

Dan Graham

1975, 22:52 min, b&w, sound

Recorded at Video Free America in San Francisco, this work is a phenomenological inquiry into the audience/performer relationship and the notion of subjectivity/objectivity. Graham stands in front of a mirrored wall facing a seated audience; he describes the audience's movements and what they...

Permutations

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

1976, 10 min, b&w, silent, 16 mm film on HD video

The artist's sister is the subject of this structuralist work, which was originally created as a film. Cha herself appears in a single frame.

Petpourri

Jake Brush

2023, 20:58 min, color, sound, HD video

Petpourri spotlights the career of Marc Morrone, a pet store owner, TV host, and local celebrity from the artist’s hometown of Long Island, NY. The video is set in a speculative universe based on the controversies of Morrone’s 1996 public access television program, The Pet Shop with Marc Morrone (later titled Petkeeping with Marc Morrone). Petpourri creates a story of doubtful authenticity as the artist plays a deranged superfan who believes themself to be a genetic clone of Morrone. The demands of pet ownership and excessive media attention collide in an overexaggerated retelling of events as a bevy of side characters obsess over the exaggerated details of Morrone’s life. Petpourri was commissioned by The Shed for their 2023 Open Call exhibition.

Phantom Cities (Composite)

Rita Myers

1987-90, 21:47 min, color, sound, single-channel version

phantom. menace.

Sondra Perry 

2023, 3:29 min, color, sound, HD video

This video was initially part of a sculptural installation, comprised of a barbershop station extracted from Perry’s Newark studio (a former salon) — shelves, mirror and all. In the video, the artist crosses the screen in a shot that reflects where the viewer would have stood in the original...

Philly

Hannah Wilke

1977, 32 min, b&w, sound

Philly documents a 1976 performance at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, in which Wilke interacts with Marcel Duchamp's Large Glass. Edited by John Sanborn, the piece juxtaposes behind-the-scenes dialogue and preparations with the performance itself, showing us a playful Wilke.

Philosophy in the Bedroom

Peggy Ahwesh 

1993, 16:17 min, color, sound, Super 8mm film on video

A home-movie paean to the Marquis de Sade, Philosophy in the Bedroom plumbs the depths of boudoir small talk.

Pick-up

Vito Acconci 

1971, 16:50 min, color, silent, Super 8mm film on video

This is one of several exercises that explore the notion of extreme concentration. Blindfolded, Acconci attempts to intuite the position of another person's hands over his body.