Carolee Schneemann Movies

  • 1966
    Water Light/Water Needle (St. Mark's Church in the Bowery)

    Water Light/Water Needle (St. Mark's Church in the Bowery)

    Water Light/Water Needle (St. Mark's Church in the Bowery)

    01966HD

    Eight performers, suspended from ropes, move to a score of randomized encounter. Schneemann writes that this "kinetic theatre" work was "conceived as...

    Water Light/Water Needle (St. Mark's Church in the Bowery)
  • 1983
    Souvenir of Lebanon

    Souvenir of Lebanon

    Souvenir of Lebanon

    01983HD

    Writes Schneemann: "Souvenir of Lebanon follows a long video pan through destroyed Palestinian and Lebanese villages. In 1982-83, Israeli ceaseless...

    Souvenir of Lebanon
  • 1991
    Ask the Goddess

    Ask the Goddess

    Ask the Goddess

    01991HD

    Ask the Goddess is a provocative performance in which Schneemann interacts with the audience by responding to sexual and psychic dilemmas read from...

    Ask the Goddess
  • 1963
    Carl Ruggles' Christmas Breakfast

    Carl Ruggles' Christmas Breakfast

    Carl Ruggles' Christmas Breakfast

    01963HD

    In her earliest film, which has been newly transferred to video, Schneemann presents an abstracted portrait of the American composer Carl Ruggles,...

    Carl Ruggles' Christmas Breakfast
  • 1969
    Illinois Central Transposed

    Illinois Central Transposed

    Illinois Central Transposed

    01969HD

    A compilation of Schneemann's anti-Vietnam War group performances, this work merges film projection, sound and slide systems, light beams, audience...

    Illinois Central Transposed
  • 1995
    Interior Scroll — The Cave

    Interior Scroll — The Cave

    Interior Scroll — The Cave

    01995HD

    In a vast underground cave, Schneemann and seven nude women perform the ritualized actions of Interior Scroll reading the text as each woman slowly...

    Interior Scroll — The Cave