Lawrence Weiner Movies
- 2008
Water in Milk Exists
Water in Milk Exists0.52008HD
In cooperation with the Swiss Institute, Lawrence Weiner teamed up with cinematographer Kiki Allgeier to realize WATER IN MILK EXISTS, a fresh skin...
- 1974
Done To
Done To01974HD
"Done To" (sometimes called "It Is, Done To") consists of simple camera frames which are silent and/or unconnected to a complex soundtrack running...
- 1970
Broken Off
Broken Off01970HD
"In this video the artist states that it is a public freehold work which demonstrates what could be art within his responsibility. Like Beached it...
- 2007
Turning Some Pages
Turning Some Pages02007HD
Turning Some Pages was produced in conjunction with the printing of a limited edition journal of the same name by the Howard Smith Paper Group, a...
- 2006
Liberté et contrainte
Liberté et contrainte02006HD
The title refers to his statement made in 1968 for the magazine Art News in an attempt to define his work. 1/ the artist may construct the work; 2/...
- 1970
Beached
Beached01970HD
The soundtrack begins with the artist stating the conditions: “An artist may construct a work and/or a work may be fabricated and/or a work...
- 2013
This Is Isa Genzken
This Is Isa Genzken02013HD
MoMA documentary on sculptor Isa Genzken.
- 1975
A First Quarter
A First Quarter01975HD
Using the structure of a feature film as its basic format, A First Quarter adopts the principles of nouvelle vague cinema. Simultaneous realities,...
- 1976
Do You Believe In Water?
Do You Believe In Water?01976HD
In a nearly bare loft space, Weiner's performers cluster around an octagonal pink table, enacting a series of what seem to be choreographed exercises...
- 1976
Green As Well As Blue As Well As Red
Green As Well As Blue As Well As Red01976HD
A table is set with two red books placed at diagonal corners and a stack of three poker chips placed in the center. Two women enter, sit, and begin...
- 1972
Shifted From the Side
Shifted From the Side01972HD
Shifted From the Side is conceptually identical to To And Fro... and was probably made the same afternoon. The object used to demonstrate five...
- 1972
To and Fro. Fro and To. And To and Fro. And Fro and To.
To and Fro. Fro and To. And To and Fro. And Fro and To.01972HD
Reportedly shot in the back office at Leo Castelli’s New York gallery, an ashtray is used to demonstrate five different actions related to...
- 2003
Sink or Swim
Sink or Swim02003HD
Writes Weiner: COLLAGED COMPONENTS COLLIDE IN THIS CARTOON - SINK OR SWIM LOOKS AS IF BUILT AS AN HOMAGE TO THE 'LOONEY TUNES' PREMISE THAT WHAT...
- 2002
Wild Blue Yonder
Wild Blue Yonder02002HD
Wild Blue Yonder fuses animated drawings and text with video footage of Weiner's friends, colleagues, and family. Weiner recontextualizes the...
- 2001
Blue Moon Over
Blue Moon Over02001HD
With Blue Moon Over, Weiner extends his text-based works into the digital realm, positing aphorisms and epigrammatic phrases that investigate...
- 1979
There But For
There But For01979HD
There But For resembles a soap opera; its characters—a couple whose relationship has seen better days, a ball-and-jack playing adult/child, and...
- 1976
A Bit of Matter and A Little Bit More
A Bit of Matter and A Little Bit More01976HD
The male/female, subject/object investigation in A Bit of Matter and a Little Bit More has no titillating introduction; the appetite is not whetted...
- 1999
Hearts and Helicopters - A Trilogy
Hearts and Helicopters - A Trilogy01999HD
Lawrence Weiner film from 1999
- 1982
Plowman's Lunch
Plowman's Lunch01982HD
16mm film from 1982.
- 1981
Passage to the North
Passage to the North01981HD
16mm short film from 1981.