Keith Sanborn Movies

2001
Semi-private sub-Hegelian Panty Fantasy (with sound)
Semi-private sub-Hegelian Panty Fantasy (with sound)
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A philosophical dream narrative, structured around conceptions and representations of the reversibility and irreversibility of time and desire. The...
1986
Something is Seen But One Doesn't Know What
Something is Seen But One Doesn't Know What
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A film by Keith Sanborn
1988
1970 or the Collapse of History in the Hysterical Sublime
1970 or the Collapse of History in the Hysterical Sublime
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8mm-to-digital and 16mm projector performance. This work includes the film NAVIGATION, which has been preserved by Anthology Film Archives.
2024
Joan's Studio
Joan's Studio
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An exploration of Joan Jonas’s studio in Nova Scotia in August 2019, by night with torch, but no spear. Special thanks to Peggy Ahwesh for...
2019
One Minute for Jonas on the Day of His Occultation
One Minute for Jonas on the Day of His Occultation
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2019, 1 min, digital
1991
The Gift
The Gift
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An experimental film essay on architectural excess, with its aim not functional shelter but conspicuous destruction of wealth
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
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An attempt to problematize ownership and authorship in the age of digital reproduction. Inspired by the Walter Benjamin essay of the same name and...
1999
The Zapruder Footage: An Investigation of Consensual Hallucination
The Zapruder Footage: An Investigation of Consensual Hallucination
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Various permutations and combinations of the Zapruder footage of the assassination of JFK. Intended as an investigation of the footage as visual,...