New Releases
New Releases consists of the latest acquisitions to the VDB collections, be they contemporary works by artists, titles that are newly-preserved or edited that are now being made available to audiences, or recently released DVD Box Sets or compilations.
  The town of Lanesville, NY was home to the Videofreex for more than ten years, and their house was know as "Probably the World's Smallest TV Station." This overview details the regular activities of the collective and their work,...
Collection: New Releases, Videofreex Archive, Single Titles Tags: art collective, film or videomaking, humor, magic, technology, television, tv production, video history |
The scene: the industrial neighborhood of Gowanus, Brooklyn. The players: wind, a flooded road, passersby, and birds... The time: shortly before the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
Collection: New Releases, Single Titles Tags: city, portrait, september 11th |
There is a presence lingering in the dark woods, just under the surface of a placid lake and at the end of dreary basement corridor. It’s not easy to locate because it’s outside but also inside. It doesn’t just crawl in on your wires because it’s...
Collection: New Releases, Single Titles |
A look at the town of Rome N.Y., including an arts panel visit to the Art and Community Center.
Collection: New Releases, Videofreex Archive, Single Titles Tags: art collective, artist spaces, portrait |
Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt, who comprise the UK artist duo Semiconductor, make moving image works that explore the material nature of our world and question our place in the physical universe. This collection of works shows Semiconductor’s...
Collection: New Releases, Single Artist Compilations, Compilations Tags: animation, environment, landscape, science, sound |
In Shayne's Rectangle, Dani Leventhal's moving and mysterious prayer for healing, a horse farm and a casual poolside dissection are the nodes between which a series of patiently taken sharp turns maneuver through moods both intimate and...
Collection: New Releases, Single Titles Tags: blu-ray, diary, photography, poetry |
Parry Teasdale, David Cort and Chuck Kennedy visit The Kitchen in New York looking for Shirley Clarke, and bump into Steina and Woody Vasulka who are overseeing a show in progress. A few doors down they find Shirley in her studio, dressed...
Collection: New Releases, Videofreex Archive, Single Titles Tags: art collective, artist spaces, city, experimental film, film or videomaking, future/technology, video history |
Rosa Barba produced a science fiction film based on interviews with local residents and individuals involved in the land suppletion project for Maasvlakte 2. Barba asked the interviewees to imagine what this new land could look like in the future...
Collection: New Releases, Single Titles Tags: blu-ray, environment, european film/video, experimental film, future/technology, landscape, nature |
A Japanese Kabuki-influenced performance piece, shot in the woods in Winter. A masked woman emerges from a snowy forest and approaches a stone dwelling, where another woman is waiting. The pair enact a tea ceremony in silence. ...
Collection: New Releases, Videofreex Archive, Single Titles Tags: art collective, film or videomaking, image processing, performance, ritual |
