Bruce Nauman Movies
- 1969
Violin Tuned D.E.A.D
Violin Tuned D.E.A.D01969HD
In an earlier film, Playing A Note on the Violin While I Walk Around the Studio (Violin #1), Nauman played a single note on the violin as he walked...
- 1986
Violent Incident: Man-Woman, Segment
Violent Incident: Man-Woman, Segment01986HD
In this video work Bruce Nauman explores violence, gender and behaviour. Set around a simple middle class dining table, the scene quickly escalates...
- 1968
Stamping in the Studio
Stamping in the Studio01968HD
From an inverted position, high above the floor, the camera records Nauman’s trek back and forth and across the studio; his stamping creates a...
- 1973
Tony Sinking into the Floor, Face Up, and Face Down
Tony Sinking into the Floor, Face Up, and Face Down01973HD
In this videotape, a companion to Elke..., the actor's task was to imagine himself sinking into the floor. The resulting images portray him stretched...
- 1968
Violin Film #1 (Playing The Violin As Fast As I Can)
Violin Film #1 (Playing The Violin As Fast As I Can)01968HD
Violin Film #1 (Playing the Violin as Fast as I Can), is one of several 1967-68 films featuring Nauman's violin-playing, in which the production of...
- 1996
Washing Hands Normal
Washing Hands Normal01996HD
This stacked two-screen video installation shows the artist washing his hands with a vigour that goes beyond a daily cleaning ritual. The energy of...
- 1991
Anthro / Socio
Anthro / Socio01991HD
On three projection surfaces and six monitors, one sees the head of a man shown in different takes. While continually revolving about his own axis,...
- 1969
Gauze
Gauze01969HD
In this film, Nauman, bit by bit, pulls five or six yards of gauze from his mouth. Along with Black Balls and Pulling Mouth, it is one of the...
- 2010
For Beginners (all the combinations of the thumb and finger)
For Beginners (all the combinations of the thumb and finger)02010HD
HD video installation (color, stereo sound), continuous play, two HD video sources, two HD video projectors, four speakers
- 2000
Setting a Good Corner (Allegory & Metaphor)
Setting a Good Corner (Allegory & Metaphor)02000HD
The artist Bruce Nauman set the corner post of a fence on his ranch in Galisteo, New Mexico, one day and videotaped the process. As the title of...
- 1973
Elke Allowing the Floor to Rise Up Over Her, Face Up
Elke Allowing the Floor to Rise Up Over Her, Face Up01973HD
In 1969 Nauman had devised a set of mental exercises in which a live performer was to concentrate on sinking into the floor or allowing the floor to...
- 1969
Lip Sync
Lip Sync01969HD
An upside-down close-up of the artist’s mouth, Nauman repeats the words “lip sync” as the audio track shifts in and out of sync...
- 1968
Pinchneck
Pinchneck01968HD
Experimental short by Bruce Nauman.
- 1968
Slow Angle Walk (Beckett Walk)
Slow Angle Walk (Beckett Walk)01968HD
A fixed camera turned on its side records Nauman repeating for nearly an hour a laborious sequence of body movements inspired by passages in works by...
- 1969
Bouncing Balls
Bouncing Balls01969HD
In this film, Nauman bounces his testicles with one hand. Shot in extreme close-up, the work is perhaps an ironic reference to an earlier film...
- 2001
Test Tape Fat Chance John Cage
Test Tape Fat Chance John Cage02001HD
Seven screens show videos of as many places in Bruce Nauman's studio during the summer of 2000. He filmed these slices of night life with an infrared...
- 1967
Flour Arrangements
Flour Arrangements01967HD
Flour Arrangements, a photo series showing Bruce Nauman pushing some piles of flour around on the floor. He uses his body by treating it like...
- 1975
Pursuit
Pursuit01975HD
Images of sixteen men and women are shown, one by one, as they run on a conveyor belt against a black background. They appear to be in a complete...
- 1996
Washing Hands Abnormal
Washing Hands Abnormal01996HD
In this work, shown on two stacked monitors, Bruce Nauman washes his hands with a thoroughness bordering on obsession. Each from a different vantage...
- 1987
No, No
No, No01987HD
“Two color monitors placed in the window played one of Nauman’s most recent videos, that of a clown jumping up and down shouting...