Jeanne-Claude
1935 - 2009Connections: Ray Johnson On-Line
Steen Møller Rasmussen, Lars Movin
Ray Johnson, William Anastasi
A portrait of the American artist Ray Johnson (1927-1995), based on a personal interpretation of Johnson’s avant-garde strategies, using the telephone and the internet as primary sources for sound and image.
Connections: Ray Johnson On-Line
Running Fence
David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin
Christo, Jeanne-Claude
Second in the series by the Maysles brothers documenting the monuments/sculptures of Christo, whose art projects are landscape-scaled, and more "pop" performance art designed to question how we relate to art in the public sphere, especially when it's as oblique, non-political (at least, that is what he would claim), and neutral as running a fence through a landscape.
Running Fence
Islands
David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin
Christo, Jeanne-Claude
The Maysles' third film about the artists sees them trying to get three projects off the ground: wrapping the Pont Neuf, the oldest bridge in Paris; wrapping the Reichstag; and surrounding eleven man-made islands in Florida with pink plastic sheets. As the latter is the only one that gets approval, it gets the bulk of this film.
Islands
"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
Howard Weinberg, Nam June Paik
Charlie Morrow, Yōko Ono
Nam June Paik's first single-channel videotape since 1989 is a heartfelt tribute to his long-time collaborator Charlotte Moorman. This portrait traces Moorman's career as an avant-garde performer, from her classical training to her notorious arrest as the "Topless Cellist" and subsequent talk-show celebrity. Rare documentations of Moorman's performances include Otto Piene's Sky Kiss and Jim McWilliams' Chocolate Cello. Interviews with Moorman's friends, family and collaborators, such as Yoko Ono, Christo and Jeanne Claude, Otto Piene, and Barbara Moore, among others, provide intimate recollections of the inimitable Moorman.
"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
Christo & Jeanne Claude - L’art de cacher, l’art de dévoiler
Jörg Daniel Hissen, Wolfram Hissen
Christo, Jeanne-Claude
With their spectacular ephemeral works of art, the visual artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude had made prestigious monuments rediscovered under a new light, from the Pont-Neuf to the Reichstag. An enlightening portrait of an artist couple who became stars.
Christo & Jeanne Claude - L’art de cacher, l’art de dévoiler
