Movies: John Sanborn
- 1990
The Works of M. C. Escher (1990)
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Video gallery of the seminal artist's work....
- 2012
PICO (reMIX) (2012)
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A video memoir in which artist John Sanborn explores the seismic artistic upheaval wrought by three great artists: John Cage, Marcel Duchamp, and Nam June Paik, celebrating the ways each artist challenged assumptions about what defines an artist, art...
- 2011
The Planets (2011)
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The Planets is an epic video feature commissioned by the new music ensemble Relâche. The score took composer Kyle Gann twelve years to complete and became a multi-media immersion into the myths and mystery of the planets when Relâche commissioned vid...
- 1985
Sister Suzie Cinema (1985)
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Sister Suzie Cinema is a fantasy about fantasies - about the way movies, music and other cultural artifacts shape what we feel....
- 2014
ALLoT (A Long List of Things) (2014)
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Director John Sanborn attends his 40th high school reunion with a film crew to interview former classmates and gain a measure of closure on some open-ended chapters in his life....
- 1993
Awakening from the 20th Century (1993)
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"Awakening from the 20th Century" contends with the collision between the actual and the virtual in the city of San Francisco. "Is life becoming virtual?" Lord asks. "Are we witnessing the end of the City? Will the computer replace the automobile?" T...
- 1969
Ear Drums (1969)
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Conceived & Performed by David Van Tieghem, Produced & Directed by John Sanborn, 1979...
- 2024
In C, Too (2024)
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"In C, Too" illuminates how close our dreams are to a common reality. Through structured visual improvisational techniques, the work explores how humanity survives because of our imagination and desire to transcend. "In C, Too" is also an origin stor...
- 1982
And Now This... (1982)
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Shot in Saskatchewan, And Now This... transforms landscape through technology, evoking the pristine lines of wheat fields and abandoned farm buildings....
- 2014
Intemerata (2014)
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Italian video producer Magmart asked me to participate in their F.I.V.E. project - a collection of 25 artists exploring the five senses. This series showed around the world at both traditional venues (museums and galleries) and unusual spaces, like a...
- 2023
The Residents' God in 3 Persons (2023)
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A live adaptation of art rock band The Residents' 1988 concept album about a disgraced evangelist and his obsession with gender-fluid conjoined twins....
- 1969
Entropy and Order (1969)
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Short by John Sanborn...
- 1981
Black & White (1981)
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Employing single-frame edits from broadcast television, the artists construct a rapid-fire media barrage of sound and image....
- 1969
Visual Shuffle (1969)
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In Visual Shuffle, Moulton's choreography becomes part of a fantastic landscape of floating pop icons and symbols....