The Tactics of Barbara Hammer

Video (1:20.18): The Tactics of Barbara Hammer – a session with the artist by Muzeum Sztuki Współczesnej/Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow MOCAK on October 11, 2016.

New York 2016: ‘Coming to Power’

Video (28:38): James Kalm takes you on a guided tour of the exhibition “Coming to Power”. The video was recorded September 13, 2016 in Manhattan, New York.

Film Premiere in Europe: Welcome To This House by Barbara Hammer

Press release courtesy of Barbara Hammer and CENTRE AUDIOVISUEL SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR, Paris [May 26, 2016: screening of ‘Welcome To This House’ (2015) by Barbara Hammer (US) followed by a talk with the filmmaker at CENTRE AUDIOVISUEL SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR, Paris, France.] WELCOME TO THIS HOUSE un film de Barbara…

TEDDY AWARD Winner Barbara Hammer on Queer Film Making

Video (18:40): “30 Years – 30 Interviews” – Birthday Greetings from Barbara Hammer, USA. In this interview, TEDDY AWARD winner Barbara Hammer talks about her movies “A Horse Is Not A Metaphor” and “Maya Deren’s Sink”. As one of the most significant queer film artists, she also looks back at…

Sanctus – Barbara Hammer 1990

Sorry, the artist has requested that the video is removed from Youtube! Video (19:20): Sanctus, an experimental shortfilm by American lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer (1990).

Leslie-Lohman Museum’s Speakers Series

Press release (excerpt) from Leslie-Lohman’s Weekly eDigest We are proud to announce the upcoming schedule of events for the 2015-2016 the Leslie-Lohman Speakers Series. This ongoing series of lectures will focus on creating an environment and opportunity for studio based artists to interact with a public audience of diverse backgrounds,…

Barbara Hammer – Lesbian Whale: Early Drawings and Paintings

Untitled 1, 1969. Courtesy of Barbara Hammer and Company Gallery. Barbara Hammer Lesbian Whale: Early Drawings and Paintings September 13 – October 11, 2015 Opening Reception: September 13, 6-8 pm Company Gallery 88 Eldridge Street, 5th Floor, New York, New York 10002, USA Barbara Hammer’s Lesbian Whale: Early Drawings and…

Barbara Hammer. Meshes with Maya Deren. 2011

Lecture by Barbara Hammer. Video by European Graduate School Video Lectures (2011) Excerpt from the description of the video: ‘Barbara Hammer, experimental filmmaker, lesbian artist and feminist talking about Maya Deren. In this lecture she reads an excerpt from her book Hammer! in which she recounts her experience in discovering…

Barbara Hammer as Claude Cahun

Barbara Hammer as Claude Cahun in A Gay Bar from barbara hammer on Vimeo. Barbara Hammer performed Claude Cahun, May 6 – 7, 2011 at The Kitchen, NYC, in Emily Roysdon’s A Gay Bar Called Everywhere (With Costumes and No Practice). Related Link Artist Statement by avant-garde filmmaker and lesbian…

Barbara Hammer Interview

Barbara Hammer Interview (2013). The Seventh Art: Issue 13, Section 2. Published June 2013. Barbara Hammer, avant-garde American filmmaker, discusses her films on the occasion of a TIFF retrospective in Toronto, Canada. Related Links Barbara Hammer’s videostream

Barbara Hammer – Nitrate Kisses (1992)

Excerpt from Nitrate Kisses by Barbara Hammer. Barbara Hammer – Nitrate Kisses, 16 mm film, 67 min, B&W/sound. 1992. Toronto International Film Festival: “Her first feature-length film, Nitrate Kisses may well be Barbara Hammer’s masterpiece. Shot on grainy black-and-white Super 8 and blown up to 16mm, Nitrate Kisses focuses on…

New York: Queer/Art/Mentorship

The programmen Queer/Art/Mentorship pairs and supports one-to-one mentorships between early-career and advanced-career queer working artists in New York City, providing an ongoing opportunity for conversations between different generations and disciplines of queer artists in our community. Applications are for the 2013-2014 mentorship cycle are due today, June 28, 2013. To…

The Evolving Aesthetics of Lesbian Cinema

BARBARA HAMMER AU JEU DE PAUME, France 2012 American filmmaker Barbara Hammer talks about her avant-garde films, the aesthetics of lesbian cinema and her work of moving cinema away from the screen. Related Link Barbara Hammer’s website Barbara Hammer’s videostream at Vimeo

Barbara Hammer – The Fearless Frame

Barbara Hammer – The Fearless Frame Friday 3 February – Sunday 26 February 2012 Tate Modern, London, UK This major survey of Hammer’s work [at Tate Modern in London] will be launched with the premiere of her new short film, Maya Deren’s Sink 2011, a tribute to Deren’s longstanding influence…

Sea Change by Barbara Hammer

Promtional video: Sea Change Installation from Barbara Hammer on Vimeo Sea Change (a poetics of the liquid state) by filmmaker Barbara Hammer, 5 Screen Digital Installation with Surround Sound and Photographic Prints. Dimensions variable. Deepwater Horizon oil spill (2010), the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the…

Develop Your Personal Imagery

Developing Personal Imagery Workshop @ Banff Centre from barbara hammer on Vimeo. This short video from a master class by queer filmmaker Barbara Hammer (USA) at The Banff Centre, Canada, shows how Barbara guides a group of artists to develop their personal imagery through visualization using a relaxation techniques, which…

Lover Other. The Story of Claude Cahun and Marcel More

Trailer: Lover Other: The Story of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore_barbarahammer.com from Barbara Hammer on Vimeo 1920’s Surrealist artists Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore come to life in this hybrid documentary. Lesbians and step-sisters, the gender-bending artists lived and worked together all their lives. Heroic resisters to the Nazis occupying…

Lover Other by Barbara Hammer

Still from the short film Lover Other by Barbara Hammer In September 2011 Barbara Hammer’s new film Lover Other will be screened at the 11th International Eressos Women’s Festival, Skala Eressos Lesvos Island, Greece. Lover Other Barbara Hammer’s collage of photographs, documents, interviews, lyrical passages and dramatised scenes recalls the…