Videos

This selection of videos represents works produced over forty years. The videos fall roughly into the following four thematic areas:

Science / Body »    Animal / Interspecies »    Queer / Body »    Activist / Anti-War »    View All  »   

Science / Body

Fecal Matters

2018

Kathy High with Guy Schaffer, and Allison Berkoy, video on research in fecal microbial transplantation

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OkPoopid

2017

Kathy High with Guy Schaffer, video/app to find perfect poop partner for diy fmt

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Nos Habebit Humus: The earth will have us

2015

Video by Kathy High and Oliver Kellhammer

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High-Tech Baby-Making: North and South

1994 (video, 28 mins.)

Co-production with Harriet Hirshorn and Deep Dish TV collective. Part of series “Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired “ on women and health. Broadcast on cable tv nationally and internationally. A collection of documentary shorts by feminists about the use of reproductive technologies around the world.

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Underexposed: Temple of the Fetus

1993-4 (video, 60 mins.)

An experimental documentary about new reproductive technologies.

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Just Say Yes: Kathy High Looks at Marketing Legal Drugs

1990 (video, 30 mins.)

Co-produced with Paper Tiger TV, NY, NY. This tape is a critique of pharmaceutical company practices and the coercion of doctors to use their goods. Who suffers in this process?

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I Need Your Full Cooperation

1989 (video, 28 mins.)

An experimental documentary about the history of women’s treatment by the US medical system.

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Animal / Interspecies

Death Down Under

2012-13 (video, 64 min.)

A documentary (directed by Kathy High with Cynthia White) about death and decay, and eco-friendly or ‘natural earth’ burials.

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Lily Does Derrida: A Dog’s Video Essay

2010-12 (video, 29:30 min.)

A video essay made in collaboration with Lily Dog about companion animal relations, and interspecies communication.

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Embracing Animal

2005-06 (video documentation of installation, 3 mins.)

Exhibited Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston, MA, March 2004, and MASS MoCA North Adams, MA, “Becoming Animal” exhibition, 2005-06.

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Everyday Problems of the Living

2000-05 (12-part series, video, 26 mins.)

A superstitious fear lead the artist to “practice” dying for a year.

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Animal Films

2000-05 (12-part series, video, 26 min.)

This is an ongoing project of short films produced with various animals and Kathy High, visualizing and articulating their fears and fantasies.

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Animal Attraction

2000 (video, 59 mins.)

A documentary on telepathic animal communication.

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Cow Film

1979 (video, originally shot on 16mm film, 9 min.)

Produced as part of Masters work at SUNY/Buffalo Center for Media Studies. An animated film about cows and women.

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Queer / Body

Saidst

2017

Video by Kathy High

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The Icky & Kathy Trilogy

1999 (3-part series, super 8 film to video, 9 mins.)

Camera: Diane Bonder. A naughty trilogy about youthful sexual exploration.

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Shifting Positions

1999 (3-part series, video, 28 mins.)

An autographic trilogy about queerness, and becoming old.

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Homecoming Queens

1997 (video, 30 mins.)

Co-producer w/ Paper Tiger TV, NYC, NY. This project is a documentary in collaboration with the teens of Green Chimneys/ Gramercy Residence, a foster home for gay youth.

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Güerita & Prietita

1995 (video, 20 min.)

Co-Writer: Shani Mootoo A poetic video journal about love and a foreign land.

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Soap Opera

1995 (video, 6 mins.)

Co-produced/co-directed with Liss Platt: segment, “Program #1: Watching TV Watching Us” of “Signal to Noise: Making Sense of TV”, PBS series. A documentary short about fan’s obsessions for TV soap operas.

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Activist / Anti-War

Art Not Terrorism

2008 (video, 30 min.)

Video about the events surrounding the controversy of the VIRTUAL JIHADI exhibition at the Arts Dept. at RPI by Wafaa Bilal and also at the Sanctuary for Independent Media, Troy, NY. Production: Hudson Mohawk Indy Media, NY.

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Zero Visibility

2005 (video, 5 mins.)

Commissioned and distributed by Reel New York, WNET/Channel Thirteen, NYC.

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Independent Media in a Time of War and Time of War

2002-03 (videos, each 30 mins.)

IndyMedia Productions, Hudson Mohawk Indy Media collective. An annotated lecture by Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman critiquing U.S. Iraq war.

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Turning Tragedy into War

2001 (video, 30 mins.)

A documentary made by PTTV collective analyzing the events of 9/11.

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Science / Body » Animal / Interspecies » Queer / Body » Activist / Anti-War » View All  »   

Science / Body

Kathy High with Guy Schaffer, and Allison Berkoy, video on research in fecal microbial transplantation



See More...
OkPoopid

2017

Kathy High with Guy Schaffer, video/app to find perfect poop partner for diy fmt



See More...

Video by Kathy High and Oliver Kellhammer



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Co-production with Harriet Hirshorn and Deep Dish TV collective. Part of series “Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired “ on women and health. Broadcast on cable tv nationally and internationally. A collection of documentary shorts by feminists about the use of reproductive technologies around the world.



See More...
Underexposed: Temple of the Fetus

1993-4 (video, 60 mins.)

An experimental documentary about new reproductive technologies.



See More...

Co-produced with Paper Tiger TV, NY, NY. This tape is a critique of pharmaceutical company practices and the coercion of doctors to use their goods. Who suffers in this process?



See More...
I Need Your Full Cooperation

1989 (video, 28 mins.)

An experimental documentary about the history of women’s treatment by the US medical system.



See More...

Animal / Interspecies

Death Down Under

2012-13 (video, 64 min.)

A documentary (directed by Kathy High with Cynthia White) about death and decay, and eco-friendly or ‘natural earth’ burials.



See More...
Lily Does Derrida: A Dog’s Video Essay

2010-12 (video, 29:30 min.)

A video essay made in collaboration with Lily Dog about companion animal relations, and interspecies communication.



See More...
Embracing Animal

2005-06 (video documentation of installation, 3 mins.)

Exhibited Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston, MA, March 2004, and MASS MoCA North Adams, MA, “Becoming Animal” exhibition, 2005-06.



See More...
Everyday Problems of the Living

2000-05 (12-part series, video, 26 mins.)

A superstitious fear lead the artist to “practice” dying for a year.



See More...
Animal Films

2000-05 (12-part series, video, 26 min.)

This is an ongoing project of short films produced with various animals and Kathy High, visualizing and articulating their fears and fantasies.



See More...
Animal Attraction

2000 (video, 59 mins.)

A documentary on telepathic animal communication.



See More...
Cow Film

1979 (video, originally shot on 16mm film, 9 min.)

Produced as part of Masters work at SUNY/Buffalo Center for Media Studies. An animated film about cows and women.



See More...

Queer / Body

Saidst

2017

Video by Kathy High



See More...
The Icky & Kathy Trilogy

1999 (3-part series, super 8 film to video, 9 mins.)

Camera: Diane Bonder. A naughty trilogy about youthful sexual exploration.



See More...
Shifting Positions

1999 (3-part series, video, 28 mins.)

An autographic trilogy about queerness, and becoming old.



See More...
Homecoming Queens

1997 (video, 30 mins.)

Co-producer w/ Paper Tiger TV, NYC, NY. This project is a documentary in collaboration with the teens of Green Chimneys/ Gramercy Residence, a foster home for gay youth.



See More...
Güerita & Prietita

1995 (video, 20 min.)

Co-Writer: Shani Mootoo A poetic video journal about love and a foreign land.



See More...
Soap Opera

1995 (video, 6 mins.)

Co-produced/co-directed with Liss Platt: segment, “Program #1: Watching TV Watching Us” of “Signal to Noise: Making Sense of TV”, PBS series. A documentary short about fan’s obsessions for TV soap operas.



See More...

Activist / Anti-War

Art Not Terrorism

2008 (video, 30 min.)

Video about the events surrounding the controversy of the VIRTUAL JIHADI exhibition at the Arts Dept. at RPI by Wafaa Bilal and also at the Sanctuary for Independent Media, Troy, NY. Production: Hudson Mohawk Indy Media, NY.



See More...
Zero Visibility

2005 (video, 5 mins.)

Commissioned and distributed by Reel New York, WNET/Channel Thirteen, NYC.



See More...
Independent Media in a Time of War and Time of War

2002-03 (videos, each 30 mins.)

IndyMedia Productions, Hudson Mohawk Indy Media collective. An annotated lecture by Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman critiquing U.S. Iraq war.



See More...
Turning Tragedy into War

2001 (video, 30 mins.)

A documentary made by PTTV collective analyzing the events of 9/11.



See More...