Peter Kirby

PelĂ­culas

Binary Lives
Producer
A short documentary on the life and art of Steina and Woody Vasulka, produced in 1996. Features interviews, excerpts from their older films and a glimpse into their 90's output.
Binary Lives
Director
A short documentary on the life and art of Steina and Woody Vasulka, produced in 1996. Features interviews, excerpts from their older films and a glimpse into their 90's output.
John Baldessari: Some Stories
Director
Presented without commentary, this film reveals the thinking behind the work of John Baldessari over the course of his career, and provides clues to the understanding of the artist's paintings, photographic work and books.
The Commission
Editor
This work is Woody's first entry into the narrative sphere, whereby the "story" is continually undermined with the aid of various anti-narrative strategies: In each of the eleven segments of this "electronic opera", different effects are used. Fascinated with the remarkable personality of infamous violinist Niccola Paganini and his complicated relationship to Hector Berlioz (played by artists Ernie Gusella and Robert Ashley, respectively), the author meditates over the intricacies of artistic geniality as connected not only with fame but also with the necessity of painful survival under the pressures of the art market.