Bas Jan Ader Movies

  • 1971
    Nightfall

    Nightfall

    Nightfall

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    Shot in his garage-studio, the camera records Ader painstakingly hoisting a large brick over his shoulder. His figure is harshly lit by two tangles...

    Nightfall
  • 1971
    I'm Too Sad to Tell You

    I'm Too Sad to Tell You

    I'm Too Sad to Tell You

    61971HD

    This short film is part of a mixed media artwork of the same name, which also included postcards of Ader crying, sent to friends of his, with the...

    I'm Too Sad to Tell You
  • 1971
    Broken Fall (Geometric)

    Broken Fall (Geometric)

    Broken Fall (Geometric)

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    One of a series of ‘falls’ by Bas Jan Ader that he recorded on film, this work was filmed in West Kapelle, Holland in 1970.

    Broken Fall (Geometric)
  • 1971
    Broken Fall (Organic)

    Broken Fall (Organic)

    Broken Fall (Organic)

    61971HD

    Bas Jan Ader hangs from the branch of a tall tree, until he loses his grip and falls into a river below.

    Broken Fall (Organic)
  • 2008
    Broken Fall (Organic)

    Broken Fall (Organic)

    Broken Fall (Organic)

    02008HD

    Jemison adopts and refashions the premise of Bas Jan Ader’s work of the same name. As in the 1970s-era video, a young man clings to a tree...

    Broken Fall (Organic)
  • 1970
    Fall 1

    Fall 1

    Fall 1

    61970HD

    Bas Jan Ader's first fall film shows him seated on a chair, tumbling from the roof of his two-storey house in the Inland Empire.

    Fall 1
  • 2007
    Here Is Always Somewhere Else

    Here Is Always Somewhere Else

    Here Is Always Somewhere Else

    62007HD

    The life and work of enigmatic Dutch/Californian conceptual artist Bas Jan Ader, who in 1975 disappeared under mysterious circumstances at sea in the...

    Here Is Always Somewhere Else
  • 2019
    The Man Who Looked Beyond the Horizon

    The Man Who Looked Beyond the Horizon

    The Man Who Looked Beyond the Horizon

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    More than 40 years ago, Bas Jan Ader decided to go on an adventure. In a tiny sailing boat, the Dutchman set sail across the ocean. Nine months later...

    The Man Who Looked Beyond the Horizon
  • 1970
    Fall 2

    Fall 2

    Fall 2

    61970HD

    Bas Jan Ader rides his bike into a canal in Amsterdam.

    Fall 2
  • 1972
    Untitled (Tea Party)

    Untitled (Tea Party)

    Untitled (Tea Party)

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    Untitled (Tea Party) is a short silent film. The camera slowly zooms into a sunlit clearing in a forest where Ader, formally dressed, is crawling...

    Untitled (Tea Party)
  • 1974
    Primary Time

    Primary Time

    Primary Time

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    1974 Bas Jan Ader video work

    Primary Time