Keith Sanborn Movies

  • 2023
    Terrain

    Terrain

    Terrain

    02023HD

    A short essay on the triangular Square du Vert-Galant, one of the favorite repairs of the vanishing Paris of Guy Debord. Yet another slow film.

    Terrain
  • 2023
    Slow Death

    Slow Death

    Slow Death

    02023HD

    A slow four-part film on death and the persistence of the dead. Where ignorant armies clash by night: the dolphin-torn and gong-tormented sea.

    Slow Death
  • 2000
    For the Birds

    For the Birds

    For the Birds

    02000HD

    Part three of a cycle of digital video works I'm beginning to call-after Bataille-«Theory of religion, theory of ecstasy.» The other two...

    For the Birds
  • 2008
    The Force of Beauty, The Beauty of Force

    The Force of Beauty, The Beauty of Force

    The Force of Beauty, The Beauty of Force

    02008HD

    Based on a series of ads in 2008 on Телеканал звезда [the...

    The Force of Beauty, The Beauty of Force
  • 1996
    The Artwork in the Age of its Mechanical Reproducibility by Walter Benjamin as told to Keith Sanborn

    The Artwork in the Age of its Mechanical Reproducibility by Walter Benjamin as told to Keith Sanborn

    The Artwork in the Age of its Mechanical Reproducibility by Walter Benjamin as told to Keith Sanborn

    01996HD

    An attempt to problematize ownership and authorship in the age of digital reproduction. Inspired by the Walter Benjamin essay of the same name and...

    The Artwork in the Age of its Mechanical Reproducibility by Walter Benjamin as told to Keith Sanborn
  • 1982
    Kapital

    Kapital

    Kapital

    01982HD

    1982, 3.5 min, 16mm, anaglyph 3D

    Kapital
  • 2019
    One Minute for Jonas on the Day of His Occultation

    One Minute for Jonas on the Day of His Occultation

    One Minute for Jonas on the Day of His Occultation

    02019HD

    2019, 1 min, digital

    One Minute for Jonas on the Day of His Occultation
  • 1991
    The Gift

    The Gift

    The Gift

    01991HD

    An experimental film essay on architectural excess, with its aim not functional shelter but conspicuous destruction of wealth

    The Gift
  • 1982
    Imitation of Life

    Imitation of Life

    Imitation of Life

    01982HD

    Finally, manipulating the "natural" flow of the film image represents another kind of intrinsic interruption. I have in mind such devices as...

    Imitation of Life