Aurelien Froment is a young French artist. Her video work “In Order of Appearance” was featured at the theatre 80 St. Mark’s in New York City.
Eija-Liisa Ahtila is an acclaimed Finnish photographer and videoartist. Her 2002 piece “The Wind” is a three-channel video. Here and excerpt of it.
Mona Hatoum is a celebrated London-based Palestinian performance and video artist born in Lebanon. This video from 1988 is perhaps the most touching of Mona Hatoum’s artistic statements.
Thai “relational artist” Rirkrit Tiravanija conceived this piece of pseudo-performance and video art inspired by the story of St. Ursula and the 11.000 virgins for the Ladonia Biennial 2009.
Brazilian artist Cao Guimaraes describes the origin of his passion for cinema as as “small daily exercise of observation of the world”. “Acidente” is a beautiful short film he directed together with Pablo Lobato in 20 cities in Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Diango Herández is a contemporary internationally-recognised Cuban artist whose work is often categorised as “political art”. “Dancing with missiles” is a video that overlaps US-Army maps and photographs of Cuban military facilities and footage of a Russian ballet master.
Studio Banana TV interviews Taiwanese videoartist Chen Chieh Jen.
Iranian born artist Shirin Neshat’s powerfull dual-channel video, a metaphor of gender roles and cultural power in Persian culture.
A newly rediscovered film by artist Bas Jan Ader, one of the most mysterious figures of 20th century art.
Danish art collective Superflex often treat issues of consumerism and reflect upon the necessity of material presence in art.