Tony Conrad Movies

A deliberately non-synchronous film, shot in 8mm with the sound on tape. Piero Heliczer reads his poem "The Autumn Feast," and the visuals interact...

The story of Joan of Arc as applied to the present revolution in arts and more. The Gothic is applied to the War in Vietnam. The film is experimental...

Fellow violinist and artist Tony Conrad, in collaboration with software engineer Tom Demeyer, made for Steina the instrument seen in this title....

A film consisting of alternating black and white frames.

Tradition, mystical revelation, the passing on of family secrets--all that is lost in translation. In this magical fairytale Grandma Baba struggles...

Tony Conrad provides useful & alternative grading tips for teachers. Made in Buffalo, NY.

“Cycles of 3s and 7s is a doubled statement. First and foremost, it is a commentary on computer art and the role of computers in video....

"A curiosity, Movie Show looks backward to the era of structural films, particularly Ken Jacobs’s Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son. The clip of...

A ramshackle underground SF satire set and shot in the self-absorbed art world of lower Manhattan, written, produced, and directed by Joe Gibbons,...

This version of the Dick and Jane and Baby Sally tale was influenced by Dorothy Bloch, who stresses the role of childhood fear that the parent will...

A Dracula parody where the camera moves to the eye of Count Flickerstein and the image changes to static-like patterns.

Negative image is shot from a small rear-projection screen, the film comes out of the camera continuously (in the dark room) and is immediately...

Mrs. Claus complains because Santa is away.

“A theory discourse among three participants, enacted in silhouette.” –Tony Conrad

Originally debuted in 1977, where it took the form of a dual slide projection with live piano accompaniment by the artist. In the 2012 installation...

To make Loose Connection, Conrad built a camera that moved in two directions simultaneously: it could be rolled backward and forward on a waist-high...

If the intersection of desire and authority is phallus, the intersection of absence and vigilance is vagina. The tape’s laconic title (I saw, I...

This exquisite single shot is a complement to Combat Status Go. Here the viewer is positioned casually, even though every other element in the film...

Film notable for being created by physically "cooking" the film stock, similar to his other 1973 work, "Curried 7302". The name likely references...

A machine-gun film roll of 4-X negative film was exposed using pressure (hammering) and was flashed in its exploded physical configuration.