Marja Samsom

Marja
Samsom

Marja Samsom started Super-8 filmmaking in Amsterdam in the 1970s; living in New York City since the ‘80s as a conceptual filmmaker, photographer, and performer. Glamour is resistance.

Films

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    Office
    Experimental
    Narrative

    Office
    Marja Samsom

    Super-8 digitized, color, silent, 4.43 min
    • Body
    • Philosophical
    • Landscape / Architecture
    • Environment / Nature
    • Biography / Autobiography
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
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    Picnic
    Experimental
    Narrative

    Picnic
    Marja Samsom

    Digital File, color, silent, 4.44 min
    • Body
    • Philosophical
    • Environment / Nature
    • Biography / Autobiography
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
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    How Sculpture Eats Painting
    Experimental
    Narrative

    How Sculpture Eats Painting
    Marja Samsom

    Super-8 digitized, color, silent, 4.58 min
    • Body
    • Philosophical
    • Environment / Nature
    • Biography / Autobiography
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
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    Hoover
    Experimental
    Narrative

    Hoover
    Marja Samsom

    Super-8 digitized, black and white, silent, 2.29 min
    • Body
    • Philosophical
    • Environment / Nature
    • Biography / Autobiography
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
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    Voices
    Experimental
    Narrative

    Voices
    Marja Samsom

    Digital File, color, sound, 0.48 min
    • Body
    • Philosophical
    • Environment / Nature
    • Biography / Autobiography
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
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    From Amsterdam to New Amsterdam
    Experimental
    Narrative

    From Amsterdam to New Amsterdam
    Marja Samsom

    Digital File, color, sound, 4.26 min
    • Body
    • Philosophical
    • Environment / Nature
    • Biography / Autobiography
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
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    How Sculpture Eats Painting (Tablot)
    Experimental
    Narrative

    How Sculpture Eats Painting (Tablot)
    Marja Samsom

    Digital file, color, sound, 1.18 min
    • Body
    • Philosophical
    • Environment / Nature
    • Biography / Autobiography
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
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    Eye in Garden
    Experimental
    Narrative

    Eye in Garden
    Marja Samsom

    digital file, color, sound, 0.24 min
    • Body
    • Philosophical
    • Environment / Nature
    • Biography / Autobiography
    • Personal / Diary / Journal

Biography

Marja Samsom started Super-8 filmmaking in Amsterdam in the 1970s; living in New York City since the ‘80s as a conceptual filmmaker, photographer, and performer. Glamour is resistance.