A Tired Dog is a Good Dog, Part One

Matthew Lax

2022 | 00:19:21 | United States | English | Color | Stereo | 16:9 | 4K video

Collection: New Releases, Single Titles

Tags: Animals, Sexuality

Working with his Collie-breeding parents, their dogs, and the puppy play kink community, Lax explores the rituals by which humans tame and use animals to mitigate disaster and themselves. A Tired Dog is a Good Dog is an on-going, experimental film and multimedia project that investigates pack-building, survival and discipline through human and canine behaviors. 

The project is accompanied by an artist-book, A Dog Worries a Bone and Other Thoughts, printed and designed by Jacob Lindgren and Inga Books. 

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Exhibitions + Festivals

table Chicago, 2022 

Rencontres Internationales, Paris, 2025 

Xanadu, Berlin Project Space Festival, 2025 

Artist in Focus Survey, International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2025 

And What Do Sheep Dream Of?, Lago Film Festival, 2025