Tony Conrad Movies

Straight and Narrow is a study of subjective colour and visual rhythm, although it is printed on black and white film, the hypnotic pacing of the...

A film consisting of alternating black and white frames.

This version of the Dick and Jane and Baby Sally tale was influenced by Dorothy Bloch, who stresses the role of childhood fear that the parent will...

Made out of six patterns of alternating black and white imposed upon the full surface of the film strip.

If the intersection of desire and authority is phallus, the intersection of absence and vigilance is vagina. The tape’s laconic title (I saw, I...

Negative image is shot from a small rear-projection screen, the film comes out of the camera continuously (in the dark room) and is immediately...

To make Loose Connection, Conrad built a camera that moved in two directions simultaneously: it could be rolled backward and forward on a waist-high...

A machine-gun film roll of 4-X negative film was exposed using pressure (hammering) and was flashed in its exploded physical configuration.

A young woman, on the brink of sexual awakening, is shocked by the presence of her mother in bed. The imagined presence of the mother's body haunts...

A Dracula parody where the camera moves to the eye of Count Flickerstein and the image changes to static-like patterns.

Tony Conrad provides useful & alternative grading tips for teachers. Made in Buffalo, NY.

A deliberately non-synchronous film, shot in 8mm with the sound on tape. Piero Heliczer reads his poem "The Autumn Feast," and the visuals interact...

Tony Conrad interviewed on the streets of NYC.

The latest in Marie Losier's ongoing series of film portraits of avant-garde directors (George and Mike Kuchar, Guy Maddin, Richard Foreman),...

A short video by Tony Conrad.

“A theory discourse among three participants, enacted in silhouette.” –Tony Conrad

“A man, an accordion, a ladder, and a video camera. It’s as simple as that.” - Andrew Lampert

Stroboscopic vertical lines on a loop accompanying minimalist drone music compositions.

Originally debuted in 1977, where it took the form of a dual slide projection with live piano accompaniment by the artist. In the 2012 installation...