Maren Hassinger Movie Trailers

Dream City Trailer (1983)

01 January 1983

Ulysses Jenkins composed "Dream City" from documentation of a twenty-four-hour performance he organized in collaboration with David Hammons, Maren Hassinger, and Senga Nengudi.

In Legacy (2006), a thirteen-minute video projection of various words and phrases which relate to the African-American experience, Hassinger collapses present-day perceptions with a critical eye on the past history.

Diaries Trailer (1978)

01 January 1978

Part 1 of a trio of pieces titled Lives. "Diaries" documents daily activity.

House Dances Trailer (2005)

01 January 2005

An impromptu choreography of housework, including rhythmic sweeping, dancing, moving around with plastic bags filled with clothing, and demonstrating a piece of art made of paper.

Matriarch Wind Trailer (2013)

01 January 2013

In 2011, Maren Hassinger and daughter Ava Hassinger formed the artist duo Matriarch. Wind, the only collaborative video produced by Matriarch, revisits the East Hampton region where Ava grew up and her mother first experimented with video.

Daily Mask Trailer (2004)

01 January 2004

In Daily Mask (2004), Hassinger embodies the narrator caught behind the minstrel's (a racist cultural stereotype) mask.

Lives Trailer (1979)

01 January 1979

Part 2 of a trio of pieces titled Lives. "Lives" documents how mothers and their children move similarly.

Green Trailer (1993)

01 January 1993

Green explores the vibrant glow of summer through scenes of towering trees, vast manicured lawns, a mantis, and a snake, set to a text narrated by Hassinger's long-time collaborator, artist Senga Nengudi.

Voices Trailer (1985)

01 January 1985

Voices, a performance piece written and directed by Hassinger, was performed by her friends and fellow artists-including Ulysses Jenkins, Senga Nengudi, and May Sun—who each took on the role of a specific societal force, such as survival, intolerance, or consumerism.

Beige Trailer (1992)

01 January 1992

Beige is a compilation of documentary footage of the winter landscape captured on Hassinger's commute across Long Island to her teaching job at Stony Brook University.

Vanities Trailer (1979)

01 January 1979

Part 3 of a trio of pieces titled Lives. "Vanities" was performed for the camera.

Birthright Trailer (2005)