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.

Michael Robinson Michael Robinson... 2019 Michael Robinson's video artworks evade easy categorization — defying genre, the works create their own set of rules. Using found footage, on-screen text, and various video formats, Robinson sparks vibrating frequencies between seemingly...	Cecelia Condit We Were Hardly More... 2019 \| 08:23 We Were Hardly More Than Children tells an epic tale of an illegal abortion, as lived by two women on a perilous journey through a world that has little concern for their survival. Paintings by Diane Messinger. Music by...	Emily Vey Duke + 1 other You Were an Amazement... 2019 \| 33:00 You Were an Amazement on the Day You Were Born is a visually stunning work that follows a woman through a life characterized by damage and loss, but in which she finds humor, love, and joy. With a...
Skip Sweeney My Father Sold... 1982 \| 27:07 Described by the New York Times as “an extraordinarily personal essay that struggles to explain and understand what went wrong in the director’s relationship with his father, Ray, a car dealer,” My Father Sold Studebakers is an auto-...	Skip Sweeney My Mother Married... 1985 \| 27:47 My Mother Married Wilbur Stump is a video family album compiled by Skip Sweeney, a founder of San Francisco’s Video Free America, an alternative media facility. The video documents a discussion between the artist, his mother, and...	Martha Rosler martha rosler: crossings 2020 Video Data Bank is proud to present crossings, an extensive collection of video works by Martha Rosler. Spanning five decades, this essential compilation presents Rosler’s unreservedly feminist, politically charged, historically vital,...
Steve Reinke The Hundred Videos 1996 The Hundred Videos is a project undertaken by prolific video artist Steve Reinke, including 100 video works made from 1989-1996. Discussing death, sex, the body, philosophy, and contemporary art, The Hundred Videos defines...	Ilene Segalove Life Saver Mandala 1981 \| 01:59 Turning an ordinary object into a mystical experience, Life Saver Mandala is a short meditation on disintegration. This piece was made in collaboration with Peter Ivers.	Ilene Segalove My Dad Triptych 1980 \| 05:55 Three insightful and funny vignettes highlighting Segalove's father's quirky traits, habits, and interests.

Michael Robinson Michael Robinson... 2019 Michael Robinson's video artworks evade easy categorization — defying genre, the works create their own set of rules. Using found footage, on-screen text, and various video formats, Robinson sparks vibrating frequencies between seemingly...	Cecelia Condit We Were Hardly More... 2019 \| 08:23 We Were Hardly More Than Children tells an epic tale of an illegal abortion, as lived by two women on a perilous journey through a world that has little concern for their survival. Paintings by Diane Messinger. Music by...	Emily Vey Duke + 1 other You Were an Amazement... 2019 \| 33:00 You Were an Amazement on the Day You Were Born is a visually stunning work that follows a woman through a life characterized by damage and loss, but in which she finds humor, love, and joy. With a...
Skip Sweeney My Father Sold... 1982 \| 27:07 Described by the New York Times as “an extraordinarily personal essay that struggles to explain and understand what went wrong in the director’s relationship with his father, Ray, a car dealer,” My Father Sold Studebakers is an auto-...	Skip Sweeney My Mother Married... 1985 \| 27:47 My Mother Married Wilbur Stump is a video family album compiled by Skip Sweeney, a founder of San Francisco’s Video Free America, an alternative media facility. The video documents a discussion between the artist, his mother, and...	Martha Rosler martha rosler: crossings 2020 Video Data Bank is proud to present crossings, an extensive collection of video works by Martha Rosler. Spanning five decades, this essential compilation presents Rosler’s unreservedly feminist, politically charged, historically vital,...
Steve Reinke The Hundred Videos 1996 The Hundred Videos is a project undertaken by prolific video artist Steve Reinke, including 100 video works made from 1989-1996. Discussing death, sex, the body, philosophy, and contemporary art, The Hundred Videos defines...	Ilene Segalove Life Saver Mandala 1981 \| 01:59 Turning an ordinary object into a mystical experience, Life Saver Mandala is a short meditation on disintegration. This piece was made in collaboration with Peter Ivers.	Ilene Segalove My Dad Triptych 1980 \| 05:55 Three insightful and funny vignettes highlighting Segalove's father's quirky traits, habits, and interests.

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