Bruce Nauman Movies

  • 1987
    No, No

    No, No

    No, No

    01987HD

    “Two color monitors placed in the window played one of Nauman’s most recent videos, that of a clown jumping up and down shouting...

    No, No
  • 1969
    Lip Sync

    Lip Sync

    Lip Sync

    01969HD

    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...

    Lip Sync
  • 1991
    Anthro / Socio

    Anthro / Socio

    Anthro / Socio

    01991HD

    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,...

    Anthro / Socio
  • 1996
    Washing Hands Normal

    Washing Hands Normal

    Washing Hands Normal

    01996HD

    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...

    Washing Hands Normal
  • 1996
    Washing Hands Abnormal

    Washing Hands Abnormal

    Washing Hands Abnormal

    01996HD

    In this work, shown on two stacked monitors, Bruce Nauman washes his hands with a thoroughness bordering on obsession. Each from a different vantage...

    Washing Hands Abnormal
  • 1969
    Pacing Upside Down

    Pacing Upside Down

    Pacing Upside Down

    01969HD

    This video registration of a performance in his studio shows Bruce Nauman walking the perimeter of different shapes: circles, spirals and figure...

    Pacing Upside Down
  • 1970
    Art Make-Up

    Art Make-Up

    Art Make-Up

    01970HD

    Art Make-Up is composed of four individual segments, each 10 minutes long. In them, Nauman appears tightly framed by the camera against a blank...

    Art Make-Up
  • 1969
    Revolving Upside Down

    Revolving Upside Down

    Revolving Upside Down

    01969HD

    A stationary camera set upside down and framing a long shot of the studio records Nauman, with his hands clasped behind his back, repeating a series...

    Revolving Upside Down
  • 1969
    Bouncing in the Corner, No. 2: Upside Down

    Bouncing in the Corner, No. 2: Upside Down

    Bouncing in the Corner, No. 2: Upside Down

    01969HD

    Nauman, his head cropped from the frame, is shown bouncing in the corner of his studio. Here, however, the images were recorded with a fixed camera...

    Bouncing in the Corner, No. 2: Upside Down
  • 1968
    Bouncing in the Corner No. 1

    Bouncing in the Corner No. 1

    Bouncing in the Corner No. 1

    01968HD

    For this videotape, Nauman turned the camera sideways and positioned it so that his head is cropped from the frame and his body is presented from...

    Bouncing in the Corner No. 1
  • 1968
    Slow Angle Walk (Beckett Walk)

    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...

    Slow Angle Walk (Beckett Walk)
  • 1966
    Manipulating the T-Bar

    Manipulating the T-Bar

    Manipulating the T-Bar

    01966HD

    Nauman shot two films in 1965, and despite their rudimentary execution they make a compelling diptych. Manipulating the T-Bar (1965) shows the artist...

    Manipulating the T-Bar
  • 1969
    Manipulating a Fluorescent Tube

    Manipulating a Fluorescent Tube

    Manipulating a Fluorescent Tube

    01969HD

    This film records the activities Nauman performed four years earlier in 1965. Both in this performance and in this work he strikes and holds a...

    Manipulating a Fluorescent Tube
  • 1968
    Dance or Exercise on the Perimeter of a Square

    Dance or Exercise on the Perimeter of a Square

    Dance or Exercise on the Perimeter of a Square

    01968HD

    Bruce Nauman - Dance or Exercise on the Perimeter of a Square (Square Dance) (1968), 16mm black-and-white film For this film, Bruce Nauman made a...

    Dance or Exercise on the Perimeter of a Square
  • 1968
    Wall-Floor Positions

    Wall-Floor Positions

    Wall-Floor Positions

    01968HD

    Bruce assumes a set of positions in relation to the wall and floor.

    Wall-Floor Positions
  • 1985
    Good Boy Bad Boy

    Good Boy Bad Boy

    Good Boy Bad Boy

    01985HD

    In the work two monitors are displayed at head height on pedestals. The head and shoulders of a young black man appear on one; on the other is an...

    Good Boy Bad Boy
  • 1968
    The Bruce Nauman Story

    The Bruce Nauman Story

    The Bruce Nauman Story

    01968HD

    Creative portrait of the artist Bruce Nauman.

    The Bruce Nauman Story
  • 1968
    Walk with Contrapposto

    Walk with Contrapposto

    Walk with Contrapposto

    01968HD

    "In this videotape Nauman attempted to maintain the contrapposto pose associated with classical and Renaissance sculpture while walking down a long,...

    Walk with Contrapposto