Nelson Henricks Videoworks: Volume 1

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Collection: Single Artist Compilations

Tags: Consumer culture, Humor, Performance, Videoworks

"The videowork of Nelson Henricks, though quite varied in treatment and theme, has worked toward the articulation of a single concern: How can love fly through the air and be received by me?"

—Steve Reinke

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Nelson Henricks

Conspiracy of Lies

1992 | 12:00

"Conspiracy Of Lies speaks of the alienation of minorities, of consumer culture, urban isolation and the fine balance between mental order and chaos. The video begins with a voice (my own) recounting the story of the discovery of a series of diary...

Collection: Single Titles

Tags: consumer culture, gender, lgbtq, mental landscape, sexuality

Nelson Henricks

Emission

1994 | 12:00

"The video Emission found its origin in three performances which I wrote between 1988 and 1991. In their original form, the performances dealt with sex, romance, and communication technologies. The video elaborates upon these themes to speak of how...

Collection: Single Titles

Tags: body, future, language, performance

Nelson Henricks

Comédie

1994 | 07:00

"This video in two parts is a newcomer's portrait of Montréal, and focuses on two of my architectural obsessions: the Hydro Québec building and the Métro. I spent my first winter in Montréal in a cold, dark, first-floor apartment. I sat in the...

Collection: Single Titles

Tags: architecture, autobiography, humor, language

Nelson Henricks

Shimmer

1995 | 07:00

"Look at a landscape and imagine a different one there. Touch the body and let it slip from memory. Imagine a desert when what you see is winter. The filmmaker evokes a territory where fragile shifts—the links between things, emotions, and places—...

Collection: Single Titles

Tags: autobiography, memory

Nelson Henricks Videoworks: Volume 1

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