BÚSQUEDA
A beguiling short from Meredith Monk, shot at Ann Hamilton's Tower, Geyserville, CA. Likely filmed a decade previously.
Songs of Ascension
Monk’s meditation on WWII and recurring cycles of intolerance, fascism, and cruelty in history originated in 1976 as a live stage work...
Quarry
After World War II a group of young writers, outsiders and friends who were disillusioned by the pursuit of the American dream met in New York City....
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
A rare and powerful solo performance by one of the most important and original artists in the world. Recorded in 1980 at a studio out on Long Island,...
Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980
This is a documentary about an unfinished movie. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention try to film the sci-fi epic "Uncle Meat."
Uncle Meat
A television documentary produced for British Television directed by Peter Greenaway
Four American Composers: Meredith Monk
A re-creation for film of Meredith Monk's seminal dance/theater work incorporating film and original music, voice, guitar, and audiotapes. Originally...
16 Millimeter Earrings
Turtle Dreams, produced for WGBH-TV, originally aired September 2, 1983. Shot by Ping Chong. Composed by Meredith Monk, performed by her and her...
Turtle Dreams
This film is a rich and haunting reinvention of medieval life that never loses its contemporary perspective. When the plague afflicts a village, this...
Book of Days
A history of the work of Merce Cunningham.
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
‘Mark Berger’s years of work as a representational painting can be found here, in this film portrait. Mark Berger was an actor in the...
A portrait of Meredith Monk
Constructed around a found soundtrack in which a strict female voice delivers a test of perception and comprehension, Institutional Quality’s...
Institutional Quality
In 1977, a book of photographs captured an awakening - women shedding the cultural restrictions of their childhoods and embracing their full...
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
The Sensual Nature of Sound portrays four New York based composers and performers in terms of their musical lives and artistic passion. Though Laurie...
The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
Made in 1980, this film explores the contemporary dance scene through the work of seven New York-based choreographers. They discuss the nature of...
Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers
A filming of Meredith Monk and Ping Chong's 1973 experimental theatre piece.
Paris
Profile of choreographer, composer and performer Meredith Monk, recorded on location in her home base, New York City. Monk discusses some ideas...
Meredith Monk