Critical Writing Index

Cutting through history: Found Footage in Avant-garde Filmmaking

by Rob Yeo

Cut: film as found object in contemporary video, 2004, pp. 13-28

Milwaukee: Milwaukee Art Museum, 2004

A historical survey of found-footage film and video, from pioneer Joseph Cornell through Bruce Conner to more recent artists like Abigail Child, Martin Arnold and Craig Baldwin.

ITEM 2004.090 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

The Fall of the Romanov DynastyEsfir Shub

The Great RoadJoseph Cornell

Rose HobartBruce Conner

A MovieRobert Nelson

The Great BlondinoRaphael Montanex Ortiz

Cowboy and "Indian" FilmChick Strand

NewsreelMichael Wallin

Loose EndsKen Jacobs

DecodingsHollis Frampton

Tom, Tom, the Piper's SonSu Friedrich

Perfect FilmLeslie Thornton

Public DomainAbigail Child

The Ties that BindNaomi Uman

Peggy and Fred in HellMartin Arnold

Old WorldyCraig Baldwin

Covert ActionKeith Sanborn

Removed

piece touchee

passage a l'acte

Alone: Life Wastes Andy Hardy

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