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James Benning

James Benning

Bereich: Klangkunst

Key Facts

Nationalität

USA

Bereich

Klangkunst

Wohnort

Valencia, CA

Empfehlende Institution

TONSPUR

Zeitraum

November 2013 - November 2013

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

2013
48th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Prague, Czech Republic
Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne, Australia
19th Media City Film Festival, Windsor, Ontario
The 7th White Columns Annual
Museum of the Moving Image, New York
Leonard Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
43rd International Forum des Jungen Films, Berlin, Germany
Film Comment Selects, Film Society at Lincoln Center, New York
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
27th Image Forum Festival, Tokyo, Japan
Buenos Aires 15th Festival International de Cine, Argentina
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Austin Film Society, Austin, Texas
19th Bradford International Film Festival, West Yorkshire, UK
University of Utah, Salt Lake City Utah
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland
13th Era New Horizons International Film Festival, Wroclaw, Poland

2012
AV Festival 12, Newcastle, United Kingdom
Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, Washington
13th Jeonju International Film Festival, Jeonju, Korea
Buenos Aires 14th Festival International de Cine, Argentina
Arsenal für Film und Videokunst, Berlin, Germany
26th Image Forum  Festival, Tokyo, Japan
12th Era New Horizons International Film Festival, Wroclaw, Poland
Knowledges, Mount Wilson Observatory, Los Angeles, 2012
George Pompidou Center, Paris, France
Belgian Film Archive, Brussels, Belgian
Red Cat, Los Angeles
Views from the Avant-Garde, New York Film Festival, New York
69th Venice International Film Festival, Venice, Italy
Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, Russia
25th Images Festival, Toronto, Canada
19th Valdivia International Film Festival, Chile
31st Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada
Museum Voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, The Netherlands
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

2011
41st International Forum des Jungen Films/Forum Expanded, Berlin, Germany
Yebisu International Festival for the Arts & Alternative Visions, Tokyo, Japan
Athens International Film + Video Festival, Athens, Ohio
36th Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
New York Film Festival, Views from the Avant-Garde, New York, New York
12th Jeonju International Film Festival, Jeonju, Korea
55th London Film Festival, London, England

2010
40th International Forum des Jungen Films (Forum Expanded), Berlin, Germany
11th Jeonju International Film Festival, Jeonju, Korea
5th International Documentary Film Festival, Sao Paulo/Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
35th Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
8th World Film Festival of Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
17th Valdivia International Film Festival, Valdivia, Chile.
New York Film Festival, Views from the Avant-Garde, New York, New York
54th London Film Festival, London, England
4th Kaunas International Film Festival, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Buenos Aires 12th Festival International de Cine, Buenos Aires, Argentina

2009

38th Festival D’Automive A Paris, Paris, France
9th Era New Horizons International Film Festival, Wroclaw, Poland
Duisburger Filmwoche 32, Duisburg, Germany
Centro de Arte Y Naturaleza Fundacion Beulas, Huesca, Spain
Buenos Aires 11th Festival International de Cine, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Australian Center for the Moving Image, Melbourne, Australia

2008

Sundance Film Festival, Park City, USA
38th International Forum des Jungen Films, Berlin, Germany
Documenta 12, Kassel, Germany
34th Seattle International Film Festival, Seattle, Washington, USA
Duisburger Filmwoche 31, Duisburg, Germany
18th Ljubjanski Mednarodni Filmski Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenija
27th Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada
5th FICCO Cinemex, Mexico City, Mexico
33rd Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada

2007
Documenta 12, Kassel, Germany
Film Comment Selects, New York, USA
Anthology Film Archives, New York, USA
36th International Film Festival, Rotterdam, Holland
4th Festival Internacional de Cine Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico
Viennale, Vienna International Film Festival, Vienna, Austria
51st London Film Festival, London, England

2006
Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
Pompidou Center, Paris, France
Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Mar del Plata, Argentina
Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong, China
36th International Forum des Jungen Films, Berlin, Germany
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA
Hirshorn Museum Smithsonian, Washington, DC, USA
7th Jeonju International Film Festival, Jeonju, Korea
Viennale, Vienna International Film Festival, Vienna, Austria
50th London Film Festival, London, England

2005

5th Era New Horizons Film Festival, Cieszyn, Poland
Tribeca Film Festival, New York, USA
49th London Film Festival, London, England
24th Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada
34th International Film Festival, Rotterdam, Holland
35th International Forum des Jungen Films, Berlin, Germany
14th Brisbane International Film Festival, Brisbane, Australia

2004

Buenos Aires 6th Festival International de Cine, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, USA
Tate Modern, London, England
13th Brisbane International Film Festival, Brisbane, Australia
Viennale, Vienna International Film Festival, Vienna, Austria
Austrian Filmmuseum, Moving Landscapes, Vienna, Austria
München Filmmuseum, Utopia Station, München, Germany
34th International Forum des Jungen Films, Berlin, Germany

2003
22nd Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada
Anna Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, USA
Math in Motion, Sixpackfilm, Vienna, Austria
Portland Art Museum, Portland, USA
University of Chicago, Chicago, USA
Viennale, Vienna International Film Festival, Vienna, Austria

2002
American Tableaux (Traveling Exhibit), Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
32nd International Forum des Jungen Films, Berlin, Germany
Viennale, Vienna International Film Festival, Vienna, Austria
46th London Film Festival, London, England
Cornell Cinema, Ithaca, USAÔ
Center for Land Use Interpretation, Los Angeles, USA
Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge, USA
Arizona International Film Festival, Tucson, USA

2001
Cinematheque Busan, Busan, Korea
Los Angeles Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA
45th London Film Festival, London, England
Image Forum, Tokyo, Japan
Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, USA
Viennale, Vienna International Film Festival, Vienna, Austria

2000

30th International Forum des Jungen Films, Berlin, Germany
Sundance Film Festival, Park City, USA
44th London Film Festival, London, England
Viennale, Vienna International Film Festival, Vienna, Austria

1999
28th International Film Festival, Rotterdam, Holland
Austin Film Society, Austin, USA
Viennale, Vienna International Film Festival, Vienna, Austria

1998
28th International Forum des Jungen Films, Berlin, Germany
Symposium, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA
Hallwalls, Buffalo, USA
Cornell Cinema, Ithaca, USA
Viennale, Vienna International Film Festival, Vienna, Austria
Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, USA

1997
Viewpoint, Ghent, Belgium
Cinematheque Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Queens University, Kingston, Canada
Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Athens International Film Festival, Athens, USA
School of the Art Institute, Chicago, USA

1996
Sundance Film Festival, Park City, USA
25th International Film Festival, Rotterdam, Holland
42nd Robert Flaherty Seminar, Aurora, USA
Viennale, Vienna International Film Festival, Vienna, Austria
Virginia Film Festival, Charlottesville, USA
Cineprobe, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

1995

Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, USA
Saskatchewan Filmpool, Saskatchewan, Canada
Cinematheque Ontario, Toronto, Canada
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Center for the Arts, San Francisco, USA

1994

Scratching the Belly of the Beast, Film Forum, Los Angeles, USA
Birgit Riepl, Munchen, Germany
Saumarkt Theatre, Feldkirch, Germany
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada

1993

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
Cineprobe, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Millennium, New York, USA

1992
Botschaft Dokumentaryfilm Seminar, Berlin, Germany
Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Pittsburgh, USA
Film Forum, Los Angeles, USA
Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, USA
Northwest Film Center, Seattle, USA
Cinematheque, San Francisco, USA

1991
School of the Art Institute, Chicago, USAÔ
Wright State University, Dayton, USA
Ohio University, Athens, USA

1990

Pleasure Dome, Toronto, Canada
Colgate University, Hamilton, USA
Collective for Living Cinema, New York, USA
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA

1989
Film Forum, New York, USA
Austin Film Society, Austin, USA
Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, USAÁ

1988

Flanders International Film Festival, Ghent, Belgium
Centro Insular Culture, Canary Islands
Deutsche Museum, Frankfurt, West Germany
Regina Sofia, Madrid, Spain

1987

Festival of Festivals, Toronto, Canada
17th International Forum des Jungen Films, West Berlin, West Germany
Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
16th Festival du Nouveau Cinema, Montreal, Canada
Image Forum, Tokyo, Japan

1986
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
Millennium, New York, USA
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
Milbourne Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia

1985

The Kitchen, New York, USA
Kunst Museum, Bern, Switzerland
Cinematheque Francaise, Paris, France
Boston Museum School, Boston, USA

1984

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
Film Forum, New York, USA
Institute of North American Studies, Barcelona, Spain
Stedijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
George Pompidou Center, Paris, France
Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, USA

1983
Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
Tate Gallery, London, England
Input '83, Liege, Belgium
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, USA
Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu, USA
Zone Cinema, Hamilton, Canada

1982

Film Forum, New York, USA
Film Culture Center, Hong Kong
National Film Theatre, London, England
Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, USA
Academy Foundation, Beverly Hills, USA
Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, USA
Boston Film/Video Foundation, Boston, USA

1981

Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
American Center, Paris, France
Festival IL Gergo Inquieto, Genova, Italy
Melbourne Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia

1980
10th International Forum des Jungen Films, West Berlin, West Germany
Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
Cineprobe, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Winter Olympics, Lake Placid, USAÔ
Clocktower, New York, USA

1979
Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
San Diego International Film Festival, San Diego, USA
Le Cinema Parallel, Montreal, Canada

1978
Artpark, Lewiston, USA
Filmex, Los Angeles, USA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
Center for Experimental Art, Toronto, Canada
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, USA
Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland

1977

Documenta 6, Kassel, West Germany
7th International Forum des Jungen Films, West Berlin, West Germany
6th International Film Festival, Rotterdam, Holland
New Directors/New Films, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
21st London Film Festival, London, England
Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA

1976

Cineprobe, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA
Athens Film Festival, Athens, USA

1975

New Directors/New Films, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA
Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, USA
Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago, USA

1974

Cannes International Film Festival, Cannes, France
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA

1973
Film Forum, New York, USA

FILM RETROSPECTIVES:

2011

Austrian Film Museun, Vienna
2009
Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
Punto de Vista, Pamplona, Spain              
2008
Filmmuseum Munchen, Munich Germany
2007
Austrian Film Museum, Vienna, Austria
2005
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England
Argos Festival, Brussels, Belgian
2000
Sixpackfilm, Vienna, Austria
1999
Anthology Film Archives, New York
1998
Pasadena Art Center, Pasadena, California
1986
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York


INSTALLATIONS:


2012
Twenty Cigarettes, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
Twenty Cigarettes, 21er Haus, Museum of Contemporary Art, Vienna
Two Cabins, neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Germany
One Way Boogie Woogie 2012, Northern Galery for Contemporary Art,
Sunderland, United Kingdom
Milwaukee/ Duisburg, Middlesbrough Railway Station, Middlesbrough, UK
One Way Boogie Woogie 2012, Argos, Centrum Voor Kunst en Media, Brussels, Belguim
2011
Milwaukee/ Duisburg, Forum Expanded, Berlin, Germany
Two Faces, neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Germany
Two Faces, Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2010
John Krieg Exiting the Falk Corporation in 1971, La Cienica Projects, Los Angeles, California
Tulare Road, Jeonju film Festival, Jeonju, Korea
2009
Tulare Road, Forum Expanded, Berlin, Germany, 2009
2007
6th Sky, Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada
2002
California Trilogy, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
1985
Pascal's Lemma, Boston Museum School, Boston
1984
Pascal's Lemma, (computer), Kitchen, New York
1982
Double Yodel, Chinsegut Film Conference, Tampa, Florida, 1982
1980
Last Dance, (film, 4 screens), Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1978
Oklahoma, (film, 2 screens), Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
1977
Four Oil Wells, (film, 4 screens), Artpark, Lewiston, New York


TELEVISION AIRINGS:


2012
small roads, Sat 3, Germany
2009
Ruhr, Sat 3, Germany
2007
Four Corners, Utopia, California Trilogy, 13 Lakes, Ten Skies, One Way Boogie Woogie/ 27 Years Later, RR; WDR, Koln, Germany
1993
Used Innocence; KCET, Los Angeles, USA
1989
Landscape Suicide; Independent Focus, WNET, New York, USA
1984
O Panama; WGBH, Boston, USA
1982
11 x 14, Independent Focus, WNET, New York, USA
1981
11 x 14, Him & Me, ZDF, Mainz, West Germany


GRANTS:


2004     Rockefeller Foundation
2003     Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Koln, Germany
2000     Austin Film Society
1999     Austin Film Society
1993     Rockefeller Foundation
1988     National Endowment for the Arts
1986     Guggenheim Foundation
             New York Foundation for the Arts
1984     The Cat Fund, Boston, Massachusetts
             National Endowment for the Arts
             New York State Council on the Arts
             Creative Artist Public Service Program, New York, New York
             Massachusetts State Council on the Arts and Humanities
1981     Zweites Deutshes Fernsehen, Mainz, West Germany
1978     Wisconsin Arts Board
1975     American Film Institute, Los Angeles, California
1974     University Film Association

DOCUMENTARY FILM:

2003      Wulf, Reinhard, “James Benning: Circling the Image,” A Westdeutscher
              Rundfunk Production
              

MONOGRAPH:
 
2007     Pichler, Barbara, and Slanar, Claudia, editors, James Benning, Filmmuseum
             Synema Publikationen

             Ault, Julie, editor, (FC) Two Cabins by JB, A.R.T. Press, New York


SELECTED WRITINGS:

2010     Benning, James, “Hors champs/ ailleurs,” Trafic 73
             Benning, James, “May 19, 1944 and the Summer of ’53,” Harun Farochi (Edited      
                  by Antje Ehmann & Kodwo Eshun, pages, 35-37
2007     Benning, James, “Life in Film: James Benning,” Frieze Magazine, Issue 111
2006     Benning, James, "Durch Null Dividieren," Moving Landscapes (Edited by
                  Barbara Pichler, Andrea tPollach), page 197-208
1980     Benning, James, "Sound and Stills from Grand Opera, October, no 12, Spring


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:

2012     Volk, Gregory, “James Benning”, Art in America, June/July
             Schabus, Hans, Vertikale Anstrengung, 21
             Simon, Jason, “American Sampler,” afterimage, Vol. 40, No 2
2010     Bellour, Raymond, “Smithson, Benning,” Trafic 73
2009     Duncan, Paul, Art Cinema, TASCHEN
             MacDonald, Scott, Adventures of Perception, California Press
2007     MacDonald, Scott, "Testing Your Patience," Artforum, September
             MacDonald, Scott, “Rethinking the Film Experience,” Environmental History, Vol 12, No 2
2006     Lawson, Thomas, "Best of 2006," Artforum, December
             MacDonald, Scott, A Critical Cinema 5, California Press
2005     James, David E., The Most Typical Avant-Garde, California Press
             Skoller, Jeffrey, Shadows, Specters, Shards: Making History in the Avant-Garde, Minnesota Press
             Arthur, Paul, A Line of Sight: American Avant-Garde Since 1965, Minnesota Press
             Gottlieb, Akiva, "Just Look," Los Angeles Times Magazine, November 6
             MacDonald, Scott, "An Interview with James Benning," Film Quarterly, Vol 58, No 3, Spring
2003     Hebdige, Dick, "Reeling in Utah," Afterall, Issue 8
2002     Sitney, P. Adams, Visionary Film, Oxford Press
             Faroqhi, Anna, "Interview with James Benning," 24, Winter, no 25
             Patterson, John, "The Unforgiving Eye," The Guardian, April 19
2001     MacDonald, Scott, The Garden in the Machine, California Press
             Kim, Young Jin, "An Interview with James Benning," Film 2.0, August 7, #34
             Bouzan, James, "Perspectives on Land," ArtsEditor, September
             Prelinger, Megan Shaw, "Los,", Bad Reviews
             Alvarez, D-L, "Tortured Landscapes," Filmmaker Magazine, On-line Feature
2000     MacDonald, Scott, "James Benning's 'Western'," Western American Literature, vol 35, no 3, Fall  
             Goslawski, Barbara, "Interview with James Benning," Lux, YYZ Books/Pleasure Dome
             Beringer, Johannes, "Die Tragheit der Netzhaut," Shomingeki, no 8, summer
             Vick, Tom, "Landscapes", Cinemad, no 4
1999     Hoberman, J., "Back Stories, Utopia," Village Voice, May 4
             Moller, Olaf, "Neu erfullte Orte der Geschichte," der Viennale Standard, October 14
1998     Dargis, Manohla, "James Benning," LA Weekly, February 6
             Crain, Mary Beth, "James Benning, Retrospective," LA Weekly, October 2
             Harvey, Dennis, "Four Corners," Variety, October 19- 25
             Linklater, Richard, "North on Evers," The Austin Chronicle, November 6
1997     Rosenbaum, Jonathan, "It All Adds Up,", Chicago Reader, December 12
1996     Smith, Gavin, "Girl Power, SunDance '96," Film Comment, vol 32, no 2
             Rosenbaum, Jonathan, "Landscape Artist," Chicago Reader, March 15
             Reynaud, Berenice, "James Benning, the Filmmaker as Haunted Landscape," Film Comment, vol 32, no 6
1995     MacDonald, Scott, Screen Writings, Scripts, and Texts by Independent
                  Filmmakers, California Press
             Harvey, Dennis, "Deseret," Variety, December 11
1994     Bordwell, David & Thompson, Kristin, Ã Film History: An Introduction,
                  McGraw Hill
1992     MacDonald, Scott, Avant-Garde Film, Cambridge Press
             MacDonald, Scott, A Critical Cinema, California Press
             Rosenbaum, Jonathan, "Road to Overload," Chicago Reader, October 2
             Suderburg, Erika, "Biker's Short," Afterimage, vol 19, no 9
1991     Jones, William, "James Benning's Used Innocence," Montage, Summer
1989     Jost, Jon, "End of the Indies," Film Comment, vol 25, no 1
             Arthur, Paul, "The Appearance of History in Recent Avant-Garde Film,
                  FrameWork, vol 2, no 3
             Fitzsimons, Connie, "The Essayistic in Film and Video," High Performance, vol 12, no 3
1987     Kehr, David, "Chilling Film Examines 'Landscape' of Murder," Chicago Tribune, February 5
             Kleinhaus, Chuck, "Film:  Chicago," New Art Examiner, April, 1987
             MacDonald, Scott, "American Dreams," Film Quarterly, Spring
1986     Dieckman, Katherine, "Disturbances in the Field," Village Voice, November 4
1985     Sterritt, David, “Pascal's Lemma, One of the Best Arguments Yet for Computer Art," Christian Science Monitor, March 20
1984     Rosenbaum, Jonathan, The Cutting Edge, California Press
1983     Kruger, Barbara, "1983 Biennial," Artforum, vol XXII, no 1
             James, David, "View of America," Artweek, vol 14, no 6
1982     Canby, Vincent, "Screen Mosaic: Him & Me," New York Times, April 2
1981     MacDonald, Scott, "An Interview with James Benning," Afterimage, vol 9, no 5
1980     Hoberman, J., "The Seventies," Film comment, vol 16, no 1
             Greyson, John, "A Crate of Societal Empties," Fuse, January
             Buchsbaum, Jonathan, "Canvassing the Midwest," Millennium Film Journal, no 7/8/9
1979     Jesionowski, Joyce, "One Way Boogie Woogie," The Downtown Review, vol 1
             Ward, Melinda, "James Benning," Design Quarterly, no 111/112
             English, David, "Grand Opera," The Downtown Review, vol 1, no 3/4
1978     Callenbach, Ernest, "11 x 14," Film Quarterly, Spring
             Bannon, Anthony & Lehman, Peter, "An Interview with James Benning," Wide Angle, vol 2, no 3
             Taubin, Amy, "Framing a Gusher," Soho Weekly News, August 10
             Rich, B. Ruby, "A Housewife's Private Revolution," Chicago Reader, August 21
             Carroll, Noel, "One Way Boogie Woogie," Soho Weekly News, November 7
1977     Taubin, Amy, "Eleven by Fourteen," Soho Weekly News, April 28
             

JURY PANELS:

2006     ZineBi 48, Bilbao, Spain
2004     Image Forum, Tokyo, Japan
1999     Austin Film Society, Austin, Texas
1997     Athens International Film Festival, Athens, Ohio
1992     ITVS, Los Angeles
             American Film Institute, Los Angeles
1991     NEA, Minneapolis
1984     Atlanta Film/Video Festival, Atlanta
1980     Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor
1978     Athens International Film Festival, Athens, Ohio


FILMOGRAPHY:


HD Films:


2013     HF, 12 minutes
             Data Entry, 10 minutes
2012     BNSF, 194 minutes
             One Way boogie Woogie 2012, 90 minutes
             the war, 55 minutes
             Easy Rider, 95 minutes
             Postscript, 7 minutes
             Stemple Pass, 121 minutes
             Nightfall, 98 minutes
2011     small roads, 103 minutes
             After Warhol, 65 minutes
             Twenty Cigarettes, 99 minutes
             Faces, 135 minutes
             Faces (1973), 25 minutes
             Two Cabins, 30 minutes
             YouTube Trilogy, 46 minutes
2010     Reforming the Past, 60 minutes
             Pascal’s Lemma (document), 17 minutes
             Pig Iron, 33 minutes
             John Krieg Exiting the Falk Corporation in 1971, 71 minutes
2009     Fire & Rain, 1 minute 20 seconds
             Ruhr, 121 minutes

16mm Films:

2007     casting a glance, 81 minutes
             RR, 110 minutes
2004     One Way Boogie Woogie/ 27 Years Later, 120 minutes
            Ten Skies, 101 minutes
             13 Lakes, 133 minutes
2001     Sogobi, 90 minutes
2000     Los, 90 minutes
1999     El Valley Centro, 90 minutes
1998     Utopia, 93 minutes
1997     Four Corners, 80 minutes
1995     Deseret, 82 minutes
1991     North on Evers, 87 minutes
1988     Used Innocence, 95 minutes
1986     Landscape Suicide, 95 minutes
1985     O Panama, 28 minutes
1983     American Dreams, 56 minutes
1981     Him & Me, 88 minutes
1979     Grand Opera, 90 minutes
1977     One Way Boogie Woogie, 60 minutes
1976     11 x 14, 83 minutes
             Chicago Loop, 8 minutes
1975     9/1/75, 22 minutes
            The United States of America, 25 minutes
             Saturday Night, 3 minutes
             3 Minutes on the Dangers of Film Recording, 3 minutes
1974     8 1/2 x 11, 33 minutes
             i94, 3 minutes
1973     Michigan Avenue, 6 minutes
              Honeyland Road, 11 minutes
1972     Art Hist. 101, 17 minutes
             Time & A Half, 17 minutes
             Ode to Muzac, 3 minutes
1971      Did You Ever Hear That Cricket Sound?


COLLECTIONS:


Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Image Forum, Tokyo, Japan
American Federation of Art, New York
Berlin Film Festival, West Berlin
Museum of Modern Art, New York

EDUCATION:
1975     University of Wisconsin, MFA, Film

WORK:


1987-    California Institute of the Arts, Film/Video Faculty
1999     Dongseo University, Busan, Korea, Visiting Faculty
1998     Bard College, Summer MFA Faculty
80-87    Independent Filmmaker, New York, New York
1979     University of Oklahoma, Associate Professor
1978     University of California- San Diego, Assistant Professor
1977     University of Oklahoma, Assistant Professor
1977     University of Wisconsin, Adjunct Faculty
1975-7  Northwestern University, Assistant Professor

"I am very impatient. That's why I make these patient films."

Artist-in-Residence James Benning in conversation with Margit Mössmer

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Projektinfo

Production of an 8-channel sound work and a 7-part poster series for the TONSPUR_passage / MQ

TONSPUR 60: James Benning (USA): Infinite Displacement

TONSPUR 60: James Benning (USA): Infinite Displacement

Klanginstallation in der TONSPUR_passage

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