Alix Pearlstein

Alix Pearlstein's performance-based videos function as abstract dramas, operating in a realm between the theatrical and the cinematic. With deadpan humor and a minimalist aesthetic, she employs stylized gestures, role-playing and pop cultural references to create narrative meaning, or uses actors to examine group dynamics and social constructs. Exploring performative strategies, these works, often set in an indeterminate void, condense psychological narrative to expose heightened realities.   full biography

Titles

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1992, 6:30 min, color, sound
 
1993, 5:35 min, color, sound
 
1993, 4:50 min, color, sound
 
1993, 5:21 min, color, sound
 
1994, 5:24 min, color, sound
 
1995, 15:31 min, color, sound
 
1995, 14 min, color, sound
 
1996, 8:35 min, color, sound
 
1997, 8 min, color, sound
 
1997, 8:30 min, color, sound
 
1998, 4 min, color, sound
 
1998, 16:40 min, color, sound
 
2000, 8:36 min, color, sound
 
2000, 2:50 min, color, sound
 
2000, 2:20 min, color, sound
 
2000, 2:20 min, color, sound
 
2001, 1:46 min, color, sound
 
2002, 10:33 min, color, sound, single-channel version
 
2003, 10:45 min, color, sound
 
2004, 17:15 min, color, sound
 
2004, 7:50 min, color, sound
 
2004, 6:20 min, color, sound
 
2005, 12 min, color, sound
 
2008, 3:05 min, color, sound, HD video