Ericka Beckman

Most Popular Ericka Beckman Trailers

Total trailers found: 20

Blind Country Trailer (1989)

01 January 1989

This collaborative video project is based on a short story by H.G. Wells called "The Country of the Blind"—about a man who travels to a country of blind people and attempts to dominate their sensual, feminine culture with his male, sight-derived power.

The Super-8 Show: Beyond Home Movies Trailer (1981)

11 May 1981

A short survey of the small-gauge narrative film, beginning with the Kuchars' Sylvia's Promise (1962).

Stalk Trailer (2024)

17 July 2024

STALK is a 23-minute experimental single screen film created from the elements of an October 2021 NYC Performa Biennial commission.

Study for Rapunzel - The Game Trailer (2025)

13 February 2025

Short film created for the exhibition Ericka Beckman: Power of the Spin featuring an excerpt from Jon

The Broken Rule Trailer (1979)

01 January 1979

“THE BROKEN RULE is my reaction to the American education system, where learning blocks must be acquired by the group before any individual can progress to the next level.

Reach Capacity Trailer (2020)

20 October 2020

Almost forty years after its first appearance in You The Better, the house returns as a character in Beckman’s new work Reach Capacity, now symbolising real estate.

Hiatus Trailer (1999)

01 January 1999

“HIATUS is a 20-minute experimental narrative film about a young woman who plays HIATUS, an on-line interactive ‘identity’ game.

Pointing To Trailer (1974)

01 January 1974

Short film.

135 Grand Street New York 1979 Trailer (2009)

31 December 2009

New York's No Wave scene, recorded on Super-8mm, performing in a sparse downtown loft.

The Red Tapes Trailer (1977)

01 January 1977

A three-part video epic in which avant-garde artist Vito Acconci explores the relationship between the self and national mythology.

We Imitate; We Break Up Trailer (1978)

02 January 1978

“Mario was a construction; the girl tried to imitate it. But she knew there was more that she could do.

Switch Center Trailer (2003)

01 January 2003

Says Beckmann of her film: "SWITCH CENTER is a tribute to the futuristic architecture of the Soviet postwar period, and a reaction to seeing it transitioned to shopping malls or global corporate office structures.

White Man Has Clean Hands Trailer (1976)

01 January 1976

"I was asking if language can express action in any meaningful way. I chose a structure for this film.

Tension Building Trailer (2014)

25 May 2014

"Tension Building is a composite of linked architectural spaces, some are real and some are models. It combines stop motion and live action filmmaking shot at the Harvard University Coliseum in Boston (1935) and the Municipal Stadium in Florence (1932), built in by Luigi Nervi.

Frame Up Trailer (2002)

22 May 2002

Frame UP is an 8-minute dual screen film that utilizes the construction zone of the Walker Art Center’s museum expansion as the platform for a hybrid pinball/croquette game played by two off screen players.

Double Beds Trailer (1976)

01 January 1976

Short film.

Cinderella Trailer (1986)

16 April 1986

“CINDERELLA is a musical treatment of the fairy tale. I have broken apart the story and set it as a mechanical game with a series of repetitions where CINDERELLA is projected back and forth like a ping-pong ball between the hearth and the castle.

You the Better Trailer (1983)

01 January 1983

“YOU THE BETTER is a film based on games of chance, and as games such as roulette, or craps go, this one is closed – meaning that the player cannot really affect the outcome.

Hit and Run Trailer (1977)

01 January 1977

The film explores the phenomenon of when two things are perceived at the same time – as when two images combine in a double exposure.

Out of Hand Trailer (1980)

02 January 1980

“OUT OF HAND is a search film, where a small boy returns to a house that is being evacuated, to search for something that he left behind.