John Sanborn Movies

  • 2022
    Exquisite Moving Corpse

    Exquisite Moving Corpse

    Exquisite Moving Corpse

    02022HD

    The Surrealist, "Exquisite Corpse" was a French Café parlor game. "Exquisite Moving Corpse" is more of an artist chain letter. 60 artists...

    Exquisite Moving Corpse
  • 1980
    Resolution of the Eye

    Resolution of the Eye

    Resolution of the Eye

    01980HD

    This work explores perception, time and memory, based on the concept that "science has yet to determine the actual resolution of the eye." Using...

    Resolution of the Eye
  • 1984
    Renaissance

    Renaissance

    Renaissance

    01984HD

    Created in 1984 for the opening of the Computer Museum in Boston, Massachusetts. By Dean Winkler and John Sanborn. Music by Jamaaladen Tacuma.

    Renaissance
  • 1982
    Ear to the Ground

    Ear to the Ground

    Ear to the Ground

    01982HD

    In Ear to the Ground, David Van Tieghem uses the city of Manhattan as his musical instrument, playing the surfaces of the sidewalks, buildings and...

    Ear to the Ground
  • 1970
    Ear Drums

    Ear Drums

    Ear Drums

    01970HD

    Conceived & Performed by David Van Tieghem, Produced & Directed by John Sanborn, 1979

    Ear Drums
  • 2011
    The Planets

    The Planets

    The Planets

    02011HD

    The Planets is an epic video feature commissioned by the new music ensemble Relâche. The score took composer Kyle Gann twelve years to complete...

    The Planets
  • 1981
    Music Word Fire And I Would Do It Again (Coo-Coo): The Lessons

    Music Word Fire And I Would Do It Again (Coo-Coo): The Lessons

    Music Word Fire And I Would Do It Again (Coo-Coo): The Lessons

    01981HD

    Buried inside the epic American opera for television, “Perfect Lives” are the boogie-woogie lessons being sold by Buddy to untalented...

    Music Word Fire And I Would Do It Again (Coo-Coo): The Lessons
  • 1981
    Black & White

    Black & White

    Black & White

    01981HD

    Employing single-frame edits from broadcast television, the artists construct a rapid-fire media barrage of sound and image.

    Black & White
  • 1988
    Endance

    Endance

    Endance

    01988HD

    Endance is a witty take-off of a public television documentary. Choreographer Tim Buckley solemnly discusses his life, work, and decision to stop...

    Endance
  • 1970
    Visual Shuffle

    Visual Shuffle

    Visual Shuffle

    01970HD

    In Visual Shuffle, Moulton's choreography becomes part of a fantastic landscape of floating pop icons and symbols.

    Visual Shuffle
  • 1985
    Sister Suzie Cinema

    Sister Suzie Cinema

    Sister Suzie Cinema

    01985HD

    Sister Suzie Cinema is a fantasy about fantasies - about the way movies, music and other cultural artifacts shape what we feel.

    Sister Suzie Cinema
  • 1982
    And Now This...

    And Now This...

    And Now This...

    01982HD

    Shot in Saskatchewan, And Now This... transforms landscape through technology, evoking the pristine lines of wheat fields and abandoned farm...

    And Now This...
  • 1970
    Entropy and Order

    Entropy and Order

    Entropy and Order

    01970HD

    Short by John Sanborn

    Entropy and Order