Stephen Vitiello

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Stephen Vitiello is an American visual and sound artist. Originally a punk guitarist he is influenced by video artist Nam June Paik who he worked with after meeting in 1991.

Most Popular Stephen Vitiello Trailers

Total trailers found: 20

Forward, Back, Side, Forward Again Trailer (1995)

04 February 1995

A haunting and romantic journey, Forward, Back, Side, Forward Again hypnotizes the viewer with blurred imagery of passersby.

Film About a Father Who Trailer (2020)

11 February 2020

From 1984 to 2019, Lynne Sachs shot film of her father, a bon vivant and pioneering businessman. This documentary is her attempt to understand the web that connects a child to her parent and a sister to her siblings.

Rev Trailer (1997)

22 September 1997

Cho continues his examination of identity within an urban environment, envisioning the frenetic dissonance of an urban landscape that is at once alienating and poetic.

ws.3 Trailer (2003)

10 June 2003

ws.3 is a minimalist investigation of the texture of landscape. A windy, abstract soundtrack accompanies close-ups of a lunar-like, brilliant blue and white terrain.

Your Day Is My Night Trailer (2014)

10 May 2014

Immigrant residents of a “shift-bed” apartment in the heart of New York City’s Chinatown share their stories of personal and political upheaval.

Latency/Contemplation 2 Trailer (2017)

22 November 2017

A short film by Seoungho Cho

The Washing Society Trailer (2018)

08 March 2018

When you drop off a bag of dirty laundry, who's doing the washing and folding? The Washing Society brings us into New York City laundromats and the experiences of the people who work there by observing these disappearing neighborhood spaces and the continual, intimate labor that is performed there.

An Empty Threat Trailer (2018)

27 January 2018

Deep black blots created with drops of photographic developer, mirrored in various shapes and sizes, are sequenced into a variety of visual rhythms that add up to a sort of uneasy animation.

Identical Time Trailer (1997)

21 October 1997

Identical Time is an exploration of isolation within an urban environment. With skilled visual manipulations, Cho transforms images of a graffiti-marred subway window and the reflection of a subway car as it traverses a station into moments of sheer enigmatic beauty.

I Left My Silent House Trailer (2007)

10 July 2007

Seoungho Cho's I Left My Silent House begins in a meditative mood, with black and white images of people in the subway, and then transforms itself into a colorful journey across dramatic open spaces, before returning once again to the city.

Ironland Trailer (2022)

23 January 2022

After living in the United States for decades, Brazilian geographer Camila decides to return to her native state of Minas Gerais when a mining-related environmental disaster strikes the area.

Salt Creek Trailer (1998)

01 January 1998

With Salt Creek, Seoungho Cho turns his hypnotic camera eye on the harsh terrain of Death Valley. Through a series of delicate formal manipulations, he folds representations of a coldly beautiful landscape into images of seething video static, water sluicing out of a tap, and a surveillance view from one office tower into another.

Tumitinhas Trailer (1998)

07 April 1998

In this haunting work, Santos creates an elegiac mood that suggests both intimacy and loss. Based on a poem by Sandra Penna, which was inspired by a children's song about a couple who has broken up, this tape overturns the sunny idealism and rhymes typically found in children's songs.

Neo-Geo: An American Purchase Trailer (1989)

01 January 1989

Produced during a year-long residency in New York, Neo Geo is a vivid portrayal of the contemporary American cultural landscape.

Neptune's Choice Trailer (2003)

01 April 2003

Neptune's Choice is Santos' self-described "letter to Amsterdam." With lush images, elliptical text and a haunting sound collage, this poetic work explores the artist's impressions of the cosmopolitan city.

Drink Deep Trailer (1991)

19 September 1991

Drink Deep is a lyrical vision of friendship, hidden secrets, and desires. Cohen uses several types of film image to add texture to the layered composition.

Projeto Apollo Trailer (2000)

30 March 2000

Combining artfully designed sets and digital processing, Santos recreates the historic Apollo lunar landing for this essayistic video, which uses simulation to interrogate representation.

Iris Trailer (1994)

07 July 1994

Iris is a meditation on the death of a family member. Here Cho deploys the camera as metaphor, likening the opening of the camera's iris and its saturation with light to a form of video tears.

Every Contact Leaves a Trace Trailer (2025)

17 November 2025

Since 1990, filmmaker Lynne Sachs has collected 600 business cards—from a hairdresser, a therapist, a textile artist.

Show Your Tongue Trailer (2005)

15 April 2005

The raw material of Show Your Tongue is a document of teeming pond life. Adding an electronic soundtrack and using powerful yet subtle digital manipulation, Cho creates an intense and at times disturbing work that ventures into the potentially dangerous waters of desire, fear, and the unknown.