CAROLEE SCHNEEMANN: SELECTED PERFORMANCES AND VIDEO ART (1964-2010)
Dir. Carolee Schneemann, 1960s-2000s
USA, 100 min
In English

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9 – 7:30 PM
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 – 10 PM
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22 – 7:30 PM
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27 – 5 PM

Spectacle Theater x Carolee Schneemann Foundation are pleased to present Carolee Schneemann: Selected Performances and Video Art (1964-2010); a program featuring 9 films spanning her entire career. Theater goers will get to see a very rare overview of the iconic video art and performances she produced from the 1960s to the 2000s.

It is said that by 1964, Schneemann “took control of the means of production and did not turn back.” She used all types of materials, objects, mediums, and modes of flesh to develop her work. Known for visceral and taboo performances during the late 20th century, Carolee’s art paved the way for generations of feminist artists across all mediums. As a member of the Judson Dance Theater, an experimental avant-guard collective located in Greenwich Village, Carolee documented her performances using film, created kinetic painting-sculptures and video art on topics such as gender, the body, desire, political disasters, and war. She often felt a hyper-sense of inspiration from everyday life, world events, and objects outside her studio.

Her art has been exhibited in the following institutions and galleries: Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, and MoMA PS1, New York (2017); The Merchant House, Amsterdam (2015); Artist’s Institute at Hunter College, New York (2015); G Gallery, Kunstverein Toronto (2014); Musée departemental d’art contemporain Rochechouart (2014); MUSAC, Léon, Spain (2014); Carolee Schneemann: Body Politics—the first major exhibition since her weather in 2019—is at the Barbican Art Gallery, London until January 2023.

See spectacletheater.com for full list of films.