33 Existential Video Shorts

33 Existential Video Shorts

color and b/w, sound, 73 min
The 33 shorts in 72 minutes comprising "33 EXISTENTIAL VIDEO SHORTS" was compiled for Barbara Rosenthal's solo mini-retrospective in video at the Z-Bar Screening Room in Berlin by curator Klaus Eisenlohr ...
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The 33 shorts in 72 minutes comprising "33 EXISTENTIAL VIDEO SHORTS" was compiled for Barbara Rosenthal's solo mini-retrospective in video at the Z-Bar Screening Room in Berlin by curator Klaus Eisenlohr for Directors Lounge Contemporary Art And Media, on June 25, 2009. Included in this screening, an on this DVD, is the world premiere of "Dead Heat" as well as some of her best-known and rarely shown shorts, in 3 sections: 1. SOLO PERFORMANCE VIDEOS: "Barbara Rosenthal Contemplates Suicide", "Words Come Out Backwards", "Whispering Confession", "I Have a New York Accent", "I've Got the World in the Palm of My Hand", "Breaking Glass", "Lying Diary/Provocation Cards", "Handwriting Analysis", "How Much Does the Monkey Count", "How Much Does the Monkey Remember", "Video Will", "Society", "News Wall", "Pregnancy Dreams"; 2. PLAYING WITH OTHERS: "Playing With Matches", "Shadow Boxes", "Mandates for Art", "News to Fit the Family", "Nonsense Conversation", "Rock-A-Bye Rock Lobster", "Colors and Auras"; 3. CONCEPTUAL VIDEOS WITH TEXT, NEWS AND GAMES ABOUT DIMENSION, DURATION, TIME, PHYSICS, LOCATION AND RELATIONSHIP: "Dog Recognition", "Quotation from Paul Gauguin/This is Not a Book", "The Screen Will Be Black and Silent", "Siddhartha", "World View", "Space and Time", "A Boy and His Father Butcher a Deer", "Dead Heat", "American Denominations", "Vienna Photos", "Something from Oliver North". LIMITED EDITION OF 30, SIGNED AND NUMBERED

Films

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    Pregnancy Dreams
    Experimental

    Pregnancy Dreams
    Barbara Rosenthal

    color and b/w, sound, 4 min
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    • Body
    • Children / Youth
    • Family
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
    • Philosophical
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    Postcards & Other Shorts

    Postcards & Other Shorts
    Barbara Rosenthal

    color and b/w, 29 min
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    Nonsense Conversation and Other Shorts
    Experimental

    Nonsense Conversation and Other Shorts
    Barbara Rosenthal

    color, 30 min
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    • Arts / Artists
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    Four Buggy Videos
    Animation
    Documentary
    Experimental

    Four Buggy Videos
    Barbara Rosenthal

    color and b/w, sound, 12 min
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    • Psychology / Mental Health
    • Science / Medicine
    • Arts / Artists
    • Cameraless / Handmade
    • Biography / Autobiography
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
    • Structural
    • Ethnographic
    • Family
    • Spiritual / Mystical
    • Comedy
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    Daddy: Spider Story
    Documentary
    Experimental

    Daddy: Spider Story
    Barbara Rosenthal

    black and white, sound, 2 min
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    • History
    • Psychology / Mental Health
    • Philosophical
    • Environment / Nature
    • Biography / Autobiography
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
    • Hand-Processed
    • Family
    • Spiritual / Mystical
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    Two Physics Videos: "Space and Time" and "Some Balls Stick, Some Balls Fall"
    Experimental

    Two Physics Videos: "Space and Time" and "Some Balls Stick, Some Balls Fall"
    Barbara Rosenthal

    color and b/w, sound, 5 min
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    • Philosophical
    • Science / Medicine
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    Helen Webster: Cancer and Self-Discovery
    Documentary
    Experimental

    Helen Webster: Cancer and Self-Discovery
    Barbara Rosenthal

    black and white, sound, 28 min
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    • Body
    • Ethnographic
    • Philosophical
    • Science / Medicine
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    Existential Word Play
    Animation
    Documentary
    Experimental

    Existential Word Play
    Barbara Rosenthal

    color and b/w, sound, 74 min
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    • Body
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
    • Philosophical
    • Science / Medicine
    • Technology
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    Ola Writes the Alphabet
    Documentary
    Experimental

    Ola Writes the Alphabet
    Barbara Rosenthal

    black and white, sound, 16 min
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    • Body
    • Psychology / Mental Health
    • Science / Medicine
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    • Technology
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    • Structural
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    TALK-TALK: Six Videos About Spoken Communication
    Documentary
    Experimental
    Narrative

    TALK-TALK: Six Videos About Spoken Communication
    Barbara Rosenthal

    color, sound, 12 min
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    • Psychology / Mental Health
    • Environment / Nature
    • Arts / Artists
    • Biography / Autobiography
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
    • Family
    • Dance
    • Comedy
    • Children / Youth
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    Quotation from Paul Gauguin

    Quotation from Paul Gauguin
    Barbara Rosenthal

    color, 1.5 min
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    I Have a New York Accent

    I Have a New York Accent
    Barbara Rosenthal

    1.5 min
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    Handwriting Analysis

    Handwriting Analysis
    Barbara Rosenthal

    color, 4 min
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    Two Humorous Architecture Videos

    Two Humorous Architecture Videos
    Barbara Rosenthal

    color, 17.5 min
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    Society
    Documentary
    Experimental

    Society
    Barbara Rosenthal

    color, sound, 6 min
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    • Philosophical
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    Space and Time

    Space and Time
    Barbara Rosenthal

    color, 1 min
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    Museum Board

    Museum Board
    Barbara Rosenthal

    color, 9 min
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    American Denominations

    American Denominations
    Barbara Rosenthal

    color, sound, 1.5 min
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    Car Coming
    Experimental

    Car Coming
    Barbara Rosenthal

    color, sound, 1 min
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    • Personal / Diary / Journal
    • Science / Medicine
    • Technology
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    News Corral

    News Corral
    Barbara Rosenthal

    color, 9 min
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    Bird Rescue
    Documentary
    Experimental

    Bird Rescue
    Barbara Rosenthal

    color, sound, 10 min
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    • Personal / Diary / Journal
    • Philosophical
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    Dog Recognition
    Animation
    Experimental

    Dog Recognition
    Barbara Rosenthal

    color, sound, 2 min
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    • Ethnographic
    • Philosophical
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    Words Come Out Backwards When Spoken To Screen Left
    Animation
    Documentary
    Experimental

    Words Come Out Backwards When Spoken To Screen Left
    Barbara Rosenthal

    color, sound, 4 min
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    • Personal / Diary / Journal
    • Philosophical
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    Barbara Rosenthal Contemplates Suicide

    Barbara Rosenthal Contemplates Suicide
    Barbara Rosenthal

    color, 13 min
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    Fly Bus Into Finland
    Documentary
    Experimental

    Fly Bus Into Finland
    Barbara Rosenthal

    color, sound, 4 min
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    • Ethnographic
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
    • Philosophical
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    Dead Heat
    Documentary
    Experimental

    Dead Heat
    Barbara Rosenthal

    color, sound, 3 min
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    • Philosophical
    • Structural
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    Postcards

    Postcards
    Barbara Rosenthal

    color, 3 min
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    BzzClickSsshhTingle
    Animation
    Documentary
    Experimental

    BzzClickSsshhTingle
    Barbara Rosenthal

    color, sound, 4 min
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    • Psychology / Mental Health
    • Science / Medicine
    • Philosophical
    • Arts / Artists
    • Biography / Autobiography
    • Spiritual / Mystical
    • Comedy
    • Environment / Nature
    • Cameraless / Handmade
    • Structural
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    Feet Handoff

    Feet Handoff
    Barbara Rosenthal

    color, 8 min
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    International Garbage

    International Garbage
    Barbara Rosenthal

    color
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    Rules
    Experimental

    Rules
    Barbara Rosenthal

    black and white, sound, 3 min
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    • Philosophical
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    Hot and Cold Shakeup
    Experimental
    Narrative

    Hot and Cold Shakeup
    Barbara Rosenthal

    color, sound, 3 min
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    • Personal / Diary / Journal
    • Philosophical
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    Secret Codes
    Experimental

    Secret Codes
    Barbara Rosenthal

    color and b/w, sound, 5 min
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    Push Me Pas de Deux

    Push Me Pas de Deux
    Barbara Rosenthal

    7.5 min
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    Push Me

    Push Me
    Barbara Rosenthal

    color, 6.5 min
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    Toil of Three Cities/Liebesmueh
    Documentary
    Experimental
    Narrative

    Toil of Three Cities/Liebesmueh
    Barbara Rosenthal

    color and b/w, sound, 16 min
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    • Personal / Diary / Journal
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    "I'm Growing Up" Media-Morph Performance at Grace Exhibition Space, Bklyn, NY, April 16, 2013 Documentation Footage
    Documentary
    Experimental

    "I'm Growing Up" Media-Morph Performance at Grace Exhibition Space, Bklyn, NY, April 16, 2013 Documentation Footage
    Barbara Rosenthal

    color, sound, 11 min
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    • Body
    • Technology
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    Barbara Rosenthal Describes Her Eyebrows (with Mitch Corber)
    Documentary
    Experimental

    Barbara Rosenthal Describes Her Eyebrows (with Mitch Corber)
    Barbara Rosenthal

    2016, color, sound, 2 min
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    • Arts / Artists
    • Biography / Autobiography
    • Body
    • Comedy
    • Personal / Diary / Journal