Carolee Schneemann Movies

  • 1988
    Catscan

    Catscan

    Catscan

    01988HD

    Catscan is a group performance within a chaotic density of projected images and office furniture, motivated by Egyptian funerary rituals of mourning,...

    Catscan
  • 1991
    Ask the Goddess

    Ask the Goddess

    Ask the Goddess

    01991HD

    Ask the Goddess is a provocative performance in which Schneemann interacts with the audience by responding to sexual and psychic dilemmas read from...

    Ask the Goddess
  • 1963
    Carl Ruggles' Christmas Breakfast

    Carl Ruggles' Christmas Breakfast

    Carl Ruggles' Christmas Breakfast

    01963HD

    In her earliest film, which has been newly transferred to video, Schneemann presents an abstracted portrait of the American composer Carl Ruggles,...

    Carl Ruggles' Christmas Breakfast
  • 1969
    Illinois Central Transposed

    Illinois Central Transposed

    Illinois Central Transposed

    01969HD

    A compilation of Schneemann's anti-Vietnam War group performances, this work merges film projection, sound and slide systems, light beams, audience...

    Illinois Central Transposed
  • 1995
    Interior Scroll — The Cave

    Interior Scroll — The Cave

    Interior Scroll — The Cave

    01995HD

    In a vast underground cave, Schneemann and seven nude women perform the ritualized actions of Interior Scroll reading the text as each woman slowly...

    Interior Scroll — The Cave
  • 1972
    Muñecos (Have a baby)

    Muñecos (Have a baby)

    Muñecos (Have a baby)

    01972HD

    The Super 8mm film “Muñecos” (1972) — shot by the artist, Leopoldo Maler and Carolee Schneemann — combines recordings...

    Muñecos (Have a baby)