Emily Vey Duke

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Cooper Battersby and Emily Vey Duke have been working collaboratively since June 1994. Their work has been broadcast and exhibited around the world. Duke and Battersby are currently teaching at Syracuse University in Central New York. In 2010 they were shortlisted for the Sobey Art Award. Their work is distributed by Video Data Bank in Chicago, Argos in Brussels, V-Tape in Toronto and Video Out in Vancouver. In 2012, a book about their work, titled The Beauty is Relentless, was published by Coach House Press. In the fall of 2015, Duke’s book The Illuminations, a collaboration with Shary Boyle, was published by Oakville Galleries.

Most Popular Emily Vey Duke Trailers

Total trailers found: 17

After the American Election Trailer (2018)

22 October 2018

Based on dreams (waking and non-waking) by pals and acquaintances of noted American writer Lucy Corin, the night after the epochal US election of 2016.

Beauty Plus Pity Trailer (2009)

01 January 2009

Presented in seven parts, Beauty Plus Pity considers the potential for goodness amidst the troubled relations between God, humanity, animals, parents and children.

You Were an Amazement on the Day You Were Born Trailer (2019)

22 January 2019

A darkly comic film that follows a woman through a life characterized by damage, loss, humour and joy.

Dear Lorde Trailer (2015)

22 April 2015

Fourteen year old bone collector Maxine Rose is looking for validation from her heroes. These include primatologist Jane Goodall, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and New Zealand teen pop star Lorde.

You Are an Amazement Trailer (2019)

27 January 2019

Semi-autobiographical, experimental narrative film tells the story of a woman growing up battling mental and emotional disability, but with a powerful drive for greatness.

Skinned Trailer (2021)

03 January 2021

A terrible virus finally brings down the internet, and humans look out from the wreckage in the aftermath.

Here Is Everything Trailer (2013)

04 February 2013

“Here is Everything appears as a message from The Future, as narrated by a cat and a rabbit. The two spiritual guides have decided to address humans via a contemporary art video because they understand this to be our highest form of communication.

Figure vs. Ground Trailer (2004)

01 January 2004

A roving search across endless colour-fields gradually reveals a solitary singer, struggling to be heard over distortion and doppelgangers.

Curious About Existence Trailer (2003)

01 January 2003

Episodic in nature, Curious About Existence reacts ultimately against an uninspired but prevailing acceptance of moral terms.

The Infernal Grove Trailer (2021)

01 January 2021

The Infernal Grove is an unsystematic structural analysis of drug use, addiction and recovery (not necessarily in that order).

Lesser Apes Trailer (2011)

01 January 2011

Lesser Apes tells the story of a love affair between a primatologist, Farrah and a female bonobo ape, Meema.

Bad Ideas for Paradise Trailer (2001)

01 January 2001

Funny, touching and ambitious in scope, Bad Ideas continues to deal with many of the themes addressed in Duke and Battersby’s earlier works: addiction, spirituality, identity, relationship dynamics and the ongoing quest for joy.

Onikuma Trailer (2016)

24 November 2016

Onikuma is Japanese yokai, a demon bear known for chasing horses. Surrounded by a foreign landscape, two women will understand that demons can come in different forms.

Civil Twilight at the Vernal Equinox Trailer (2021)

31 July 2021

“What would another world look like, one that is carried by this feeling of empathy, of mutual love between humans and animals, between species? How would our relationship with a largely domesticated nature and environment change? How would established relationships of power and strength be redefined with this thought?”—Tasja Langenbach.

Being F***ed Up Trailer (2001)

01 January 2001

An episodic videotape combining animation and live action sequences to create a portrait of the artist's lives as they struggle with addiction, gender identity and alienation.

Songs of Praise for the Heart Beyond Cure Trailer (2006)

01 January 2006

Songs of Praise for the Heart Beyond Cure is a fourteen-minute experimental video that unfolds through a series of short episodes.

The Fine Arts Trailer (2002)

10 December 2002

In The Fine Arts, Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby mock their own lack of inspiration: a woman confesses that she’s speaking French in the nude because she has no good ideas but admits that her solution is unoriginal.