Michel Auder Movies

  • 2019
    Fictional Art Film

    Fictional Art Film

    Fictional Art Film

    02019HD

    For the past 50 years, Michel Auder has been recording his personal life, creating films and videos that document his own experience and social...

    Fictional Art Film
  • 1969
    Keeping Busy

    Keeping Busy

    Keeping Busy

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    Warhol Superstars Viva and Louis Waldon are the main subjects of Auder’s first film with synched sound, Keeping Busy (1969), which was billed...

    Keeping Busy
  • 2009
    Heads in Love

    Heads in Love

    Heads in Love

    02009HD

    16mm film transferred to SD video, recorded 1970, edited 2009. An excerpt from Michel Auder's film Cleopatra (1970).

    Heads in Love
  • 1971
    The Valerie Solanas Incident

    The Valerie Solanas Incident

    The Valerie Solanas Incident

    01971HD

    In 1970 Valerie Solanas was released from a mental institution, two 
years after shooting Andy Warhol. Still unstable, she moved into the...

    The Valerie Solanas Incident
  • 2015
    1967

    1967

    1967

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    1967 (made in 2015) presents newly found and digitized silent 16mm films from the 1960s in the form of a four-part composition portraying a cast of...

    1967
  • 1978
    My Love

    My Love

    My Love

    01978HD

    Michel reads a book about love, with pictures of naked ladies flashing by and a song by Laurie Anderson playing in the background.

    My Love
  • 2017
    The Course of Empire

    The Course of Empire

    The Course of Empire

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    The Course of Empire is inspired by the eponymous series of paintings created by Thomas Cole from 1833 to 1836. A 'text film,' constructed from...

    The Course of Empire
  • 1993
    Voyage to the Center of the Phone Lines

    Voyage to the Center of the Phone Lines

    Voyage to the Center of the Phone Lines

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    Voyage's structure is simple. Coastal landscape footage and spectacular sunsets are combined with phone conversations recorded from a scanner that...

    Voyage to the Center of the Phone Lines
  • 2008
    Chelsea, Manhattan - NYC

    Chelsea, Manhattan - NYC

    Chelsea, Manhattan - NYC

    02008HD

    Hi8 video by Michel Auder recorded in 1989, edited in 2008.

    Chelsea, Manhattan - NYC
  • 1991
    Roman Variations

    Roman Variations

    Roman Variations

    01991HD

    A portrait of Rome that would have made Plutarch proud, Roman Variations was made during a residency at a studio provided by the gallerist Barbara...

    Roman Variations
  • 1993
    Polaroid Cocaine

    Polaroid Cocaine

    Polaroid Cocaine

    01993HD

    The thrill of cocaine becomes a metaphor for the consumption of images in this short montage. The title and lyrics come from Auder´s friend and...

    Polaroid Cocaine
  • 1981
    Talking Head

    Talking Head

    Talking Head

    01981HD

    In Michel Auder's short video Talking Head, a young girl (presumably his daughter) is occupied with a plastic toy-package of some sort. She talks...

    Talking Head
  • 2013
    Daytime Version of the Night

    Daytime Version of the Night

    Daytime Version of the Night

    02013HD

    HD video by Michel Auder.

    Daytime Version of the Night
  • 2011
    Endless Column

    Endless Column

    Endless Column

    02011HD

    Phone video by Michel Auder.

    Endless Column
  • 1988
    Magnetic Notes, 1986-1987

    Magnetic Notes, 1986-1987

    Magnetic Notes, 1986-1987

    01988HD

    Auder's reminiscences from 1986 - 87.

    Magnetic Notes, 1986-1987
  • 2012
    Untitled (I Was Looking Back To See If You Were Looking Back At Me To See Me Looking Back At You)

    Untitled (I Was Looking Back To See If You Were Looking Back At Me To See Me Looking Back At You)

    Untitled (I Was Looking Back To See If You Were Looking Back At Me To See Me Looking Back At You)

    02012HD

    Michel Auder dedicated himself to capturing the views from his apartment over the course of a year. This three-channel video installation from 2014...

    Untitled (I Was Looking Back To See If You Were Looking Back At Me To See Me Looking Back At You)
  • 2009
    Confession

    Confession

    Confession

    02009HD

    Reel-to-reel video by Michel Auder, recorded 1971, edited 2009. Features Auder's former wife Viva.

    Confession
  • 1977
    Made for Denise

    Made for Denise

    Made for Denise

    01977HD

    Through the use of original and appropriated video footage, Auder translates a religious sermon into an expression of love for this strikingly...

    Made for Denise
  • 1988
    Brooding Angels

    Brooding Angels

    Brooding Angels

    01988HD

    From its fiery outset, Brooding Angles is decidedly gothic and the mood anxious. It is a dark rumination on the specter of authority, resistance and...

    Brooding Angels
  • 1999
    Bitte Danke

    Bitte Danke

    Bitte Danke

    01999HD

    Video by Michel Auder.

    Bitte Danke