Joyce Wieland Movies

  • 1967
    Cat Food

    Cat Food

    Cat Food

    51967HD

    A cat eats its methodical way through a polymorphous fish.

    Cat Food
  • 1963
    Larry's Recent Behaviour

    Larry's Recent Behaviour

    Larry's Recent Behaviour

    3.71963HD

    One of Joyce Wieland's earliest works, shot in 8mm and finally blown-up to 16mm, “Larry’s Recent Behaviour” has been described by...

    Larry's Recent Behaviour
  • 1964
    Patriotism

    Patriotism

    Patriotism

    41964HD

    Patriotism, Part One depicts an army of phallic, bun-clad wieners marching on a vulnerable sleeping white male body, naked save for a sheet.

    Patriotism
  • 1987
    Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland

    Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland

    Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland

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    Considered one of Canada's most important women artists of the second half of the 20th century, Joyce Wieland's art embodies the essence of her...

    Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland
  • 1969
    Dripping Water

    Dripping Water

    Dripping Water

    3.21969HD

    You see nothing but a white, crystal white plate, and water dripping into the plate, and you hear the sound of the water dripping. The film is ten...

    Dripping Water
  • 1964
    Peggy's Blue Skylight

    Peggy's Blue Skylight

    Peggy's Blue Skylight

    3.71964HD

    Filmed in Joyce Wieland and Michael Snow’s loft in New York, the film covers a day of friends visiting, writing and drawing from noon of one...

    Peggy's Blue Skylight
  • 1972
    Pierre Vallières

    Pierre Vallières

    Pierre Vallières

    21972HD

    We do not actually see Pierre Vallieres, we see only his lips, his teeth, as he talks in French. English subtitles translate what he says. He speaks...

    Pierre Vallières
  • 1965
    Barbara’s Blindness

    Barbara’s Blindness

    Barbara’s Blindness

    4.51965HD

    Constructed from found and stock footage, Barbara’s Blindness is a meditation on vision and adversity, drawing humour and pathos from a...

    Barbara’s Blindness
  • 1965
    Water Sark

    Water Sark

    Water Sark

    4.91965HD

    "I decided to make a film at my kitchen table, there is nothing like knowing my table. The high art of the housewife. You take prisms, glass, lights...

    Water Sark
  • 1969
    Reason Over Passion

    Reason Over Passion

    Reason Over Passion

    5.81969HD

    The film consists primarily of degraded footage of landscapes shot from vehicles moving across the country; meanwhile, 537 computer-generated...

    Reason Over Passion
  • 1964
    Patriotism Part II

    Patriotism Part II

    Patriotism Part II

    41964HD

    In a way a portrait of Dave Shackman with the American flag. The ending is a stop-motion animation of a set table with food moving and swirling and...

    Patriotism Part II
  • 1986
    Birds at Sunrise

    Birds at Sunrise

    Birds at Sunrise

    31986HD

    "The film [Birds at Sunrise] was originally photographed in 1972. Birds from my window were filmed during the winter, through to the spring, with the...

    Birds at Sunrise
  • 1967
    Sailboat

    Sailboat

    Sailboat

    4.71967HD

    A day at the Beach, at the Sea, at the Sky and at the Sailboats.

    Sailboat
  • 1964
    New York Eye and Ear Control

    New York Eye and Ear Control

    New York Eye and Ear Control

    6.11964HD

    A cutout of a woman's silhouette is displayed in many locations while a free jazz soundtrack is heard. The jazz musicians later pose for the camera...

    New York Eye and Ear Control