Stephanie Barber Movies

  • 2005
    Total Power - Dead Dead Dead

    Total Power - Dead Dead Dead

    Total Power - Dead Dead Dead

    02005HD

    A haiku or love letter to the charm of two-dimensional images. The spectacle awaits our adoration, gives a tender intimation of collusion. (Stephanie...

    Total Power - Dead Dead Dead
  • 2001
    the end of the world

    the end of the world

    the end of the world

    02001HD

    made for an exhibition at the Inova gallery in Milwaukee Wisconsin in 2001.

    the end of the world
  • 2016
    Memories of the Space Age II

    Memories of the Space Age II

    Memories of the Space Age II

    02016HD

    “All day this strange pilot had flown his antique aeroplane over the abandoned space center, a frantic machine lost in the silence...”...

    Memories of the Space Age II
  • 1995
    Woman Stabbed to Death

    Woman Stabbed to Death

    Woman Stabbed to Death

    01995HD

    WOMAN STABBED TO DEATH is a short film concerned with both the apathy of human receptivity and the perverse nature of free floating paranoia so...

    Woman Stabbed to Death
  • 1999
    I Began by Walking into Rooms Slowly

    I Began by Walking into Rooms Slowly

    I Began by Walking into Rooms Slowly

    01999HD

    A film by Stephanie Barber.

    I Began by Walking into Rooms Slowly
  • 2020
    what is a theater?

    what is a theater?

    what is a theater?

    02020HD

    Stephanie Barber's moving reflection on movie theaters and Anthology Film Archives.

    what is a theater?
  • 1997
    Flower, the Boy, the Librarian

    Flower, the Boy, the Librarian

    Flower, the Boy, the Librarian

    01997HD

    For those who find listing and repetition romantic. A near perfect structure. Three acts, an auditory red herring and classic love story.

    Flower, the Boy, the Librarian
  • 2010
    The Hunch That Caused the Winning Streak and Fought the Doldrums Mightily

    The Hunch That Caused the Winning Streak and Fought the Doldrums Mightily

    The Hunch That Caused the Winning Streak and Fought the Doldrums Mightily

    02010HD

    Originally created for Milwaukee International with The Suburban's exquisite corpse video for the "No Soul For Sale" show at the Tate Modern. "The...

    The Hunch That Caused the Winning Streak and Fought the Doldrums Mightily
  • 2010
    to the horse dream of arms

    to the horse dream of arms

    to the horse dream of arms

    02010HD

    Stephanie Barber plays with old found footage of a boy on a street.

    to the horse dream of arms
  • 2018
    Nature as a Metaphor for Economic, Emotional and Existential Horror

    Nature as a Metaphor for Economic, Emotional and Existential Horror

    Nature as a Metaphor for Economic, Emotional and Existential Horror

    02018HD

    An expanded text piece which considers human’s press against (alienation from?) the natural world. An installation utilizing words as...

    Nature as a Metaphor for Economic, Emotional and Existential Horror
  • 2008
    the inversion, transcription, evening track and attractor

    the inversion, transcription, evening track and attractor

    the inversion, transcription, evening track and attractor

    02008HD

    Stephanie Barber 2008 | 00:13:21 | United States | English | Color | Stereo | 4:3 "how looking at what has become the skeletons of photographs is a...

    the inversion, transcription, evening track and attractor
  • 2008
    the visit and the play

    the visit and the play

    the visit and the play

    02008HD

    A playful and dark conversational study—wrapping prose poetry into the recognizable conversational form and allowing both connections and...

    the visit and the play
  • 2011
    Jhana and the Rats of James Olds

    Jhana and the Rats of James Olds

    Jhana and the Rats of James Olds

    02011HD

    Between June 25 and August 7 2011 Stephanie Barber moved her studio into the Baltimore Museum of Art where she created a new video each day in a...

    Jhana and the Rats of James Olds
  • 2017
    the parent trap

    the parent trap

    the parent trap

    02017HD

    What goes when the body goes? How many parents have we got stacked upon us into eternity like ladders to the afterlife?

    the parent trap
  • 2018
    Palace of Pope

    Palace of Pope

    Palace of Pope

    02018HD

    An experimental video composed of found photographs, original text and sound art, balancing between an essay film and poem.

    Palace of Pope
  • 1996
    Salamander O'Dictus

    Salamander O'Dictus

    Salamander O'Dictus

    01996HD

    A hand-painted, heavily collaged bit of juvenilia thinking about our possessions and what can be lost. What can be retained. Whether our bodies, our...

    Salamander O'Dictus
  • 2007
    dwarfs the sea

    dwarfs the sea

    dwarfs the sea

    02007HD

    Small biographies and musing generalizations--men’s relations to each other and their lives. There is hope and loneliness, companionship and...

    dwarfs the sea
  • 2019
    Oh My Homeland

    Oh My Homeland

    Oh My Homeland

    02019HD

    Great soprano Leontyne Price attempts to maintain her composure on stage as she receives adoration from her audience at her 1985 farewell opera.

    Oh My Homeland
  • 2003
    City at Heart

    City at Heart

    City at Heart

    02003HD

    A film by Stephanie Barber.

    City at Heart
  • 1970
    At The Shore

    At The Shore

    At The Shore

    01970HD

    A micro-fiction. "Story" is stripped to the tiniest suggestion as the image is reduced to cartoon with only the merest hint of 'reality' suggesting...

    At The Shore