LESLIE SINGER
Grande Artist Resume 2003
Grande Artist Resume 2003
Current Projects: "Flowers for the Dead," with Laura Cottingham, DVD, tentative completion date 2004.
Selected Videography
— "The Anita Pallenberg Story," 2000, 77 mins., DVD, with Laura Cottingham
— Various shorts for Dyke TV, New York, September 1994-December 1996
— "Taking Back The Dolls," 1994, 43 mins., pixelvision/color, 3/4"
— "The Brain That Would Not Die," 1993, 10 mins., color, VHS
— "Hox Rox 2," 1993, 7 mins., color, VHS
— "Joe-Joe," 1993, 52 mins., pixelvision/color, 3/4", with Cecilia Dougherty
— "In-flux," 1993, 87 mins., pixelvision,VHS, with Cecilia Dougherty
— "Starfucker," 1992, 2 mins., color, VHS
— "Queer City," 1992, 2 mins., color, VHS
— "Safe," 1992, 1 min., pixelvision,VHS
— "Heart Rox," 1992, 2 mins., color, VHS
— "A Season in Hell," 1992, 22 mins., color, VHS
— "Hello World Goodbye San Francisco," 1991, 35 mins. pixelvision, VHS, with Cecilia Dougherty
— "Flipper," 1990, 6 mins., color, 3/4"
— "Smokie: Portrait of a Glitter Babe," 1989, 10 mins., color, 3/4"
— "Hot Rox," 1988, 38 mins., color, 3/4"
— "Priscilla Presley's Bathroom," 1988, 6 mins., color, VHS
— "My Life as a Godard Film by Whitney Houston," 1988, 3 mins., color, VHS
— "Laurie Sings Iggy, 1987, 4 mins., color, VHS
— "The Temptation of Wilma," 1987, 3 mins., color, VHS
— "Thailand DMV," 1987, 3 mins., color, VHS
— "The Madonna Series," 1987, 3 mins., color, VHS
— "The Architectural Importance of Eggshell Condominiums," 1986, 3 mins., color, VHS
— "Bar-B-Q Laundry," 1986, 3 mins., color, VHS
— "Hot Dog Fat," 1986, 3 mins., color, VHS
— "The Sigmund Freud Story," 1986, 17 mins., color, 3/4"
— "Runny Toast," 1985, 3 mins. color, VHS
— "Refried Broccoli," 1985, 3 mins., color, VHS
Selected Super-8 Filmography
— "Picasso's Ghost," 1985, 3 minutes
— "Dead Jailbird Languages," 1985, 3 minutes
— "Bellyfull of Gasoline," 1985, 3 minutes
— "The Eyes of Jean-Paul Sartre," 1984, 3 minutes
— "A New Life," 1984, 3 minutes
— "Blood Poisoning," 1984, 3 minutes
— "After God 11," 1984, 3 minutes
— "Fountain of Youth," 1984, 3 minutes
— "How to Fuck Friends and Keep Them," 1984, 3 minutes
— "Hebbie and the Cupcake," 1984, 4 minutes
Other Collaborations in Video
— Laura Cottingham, "Not For Sale: Feminism and Art in the USA during the 1970s," 1998. 90 minutes, Beta-SP. Edited by Sally Sasso and Leslie Singer. Music by Yoko Ono. Exhibited widely, including at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Tate Gallery, London; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; The Depot, Vienna, etc.
— "Incandescent: A Survey of the Exhibition," 1996. 20 min., Beta-SP. With Laura Cottingham and Sally Sasso. Produced for the Festival of Women, Ljubljana, Slovenia, October 1996.
Selected Exhibitions with Laura Cottingham
— "Born to Be a Star/Numero Deux," group show, Kunstlerhaus Wien, Vienna, June - August 2004
— "The Anita Pallenberg Story," The Palmer Art Museum, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, October 2002
— "Dragueur," group show, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland, April 27-May 25, 2002
— "Feature," group show, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand, December 8, 2001 -January 28, 2002.
— "The Anita Pallenberg Story," Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley Art Museum, University of California- Berkeley, November 14, 2001.
— "Firemousegod," group show, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, August 24-September 2001.
— "The Anita Pallenberg Story," Project Room, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, June 16- July 21, 2001.
— "The Anita Pallenberg Story", sponsored by the Neuer Aachener Kunstverein; screenings- Mediapark 7, Cologne, November 5; photo edition- Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany, Fall 2000
— "Governmentality", group show, Alte Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany, Summer, 2000
— "no rhyme or....," group show, Postmasters Gallery, New York, June 29-July 29, 2000
— "It's a Man's World," show with Klaus Vom Bruch, Galerie Nachst St. Stephan, Vienna, May 3-June 30, 2000
— "Post-Pop, Post Punk," group show, M.O.C.A. DC, April 21- May 28, 2000
— "The Anita Pallenberg Story", theatrical premiere, The Great Hall at Cooper Union, NY, February 26, 2000.
— "The Anita Pallenberg Story", DVD and production stills, Postmasters Gallery, New York, February 25-March 25, 2000.
— '"90's Goes '60's: From Fluxus to the Present", "The Anita Pallenberg Story" work-in-progress screening, Downtown Arts Festival, New York, September 18, 1999.
Selected Other Exhibitions
— "Performance Anxiety" "Laurie Sings Iggy," "My Life as a Godard Film by Whitney Houston", "The Madonna Series," Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley Art Museum, University of California-Berkeley, September 29, 2004.
— "Gloria," "Not For Sale," Columns, NY, October 18, 2002.
— "3rd Annual Art in General 12 to 12 Video Marathon," "Joe-Joe," Art in General, NY, January 13, 2001.
— "The Third Sexers," "Taking Back the Dolls," New York Lesbian & Gay Experimental Film/Video Festival, NY, November 18, 2000.
— "Fountain of Youth", "After God 11", "Blood Poisoning", and "Hebbie and the Cupcake," in "Big As Life: An American History of 8mm Films", Museum of Modern Art, New York, May 1998.
— "Grand Auto-Selections from 25 Years of Bay Area Performance-Based Video," "My Life as a Godard Film by Whitney Houston," New Langton Arts, San Francisco, April 9, 1998.
— "Some Young New Yorkers Part II", (Steven Brower section), P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY, February/March 1998.
— Archive Room, with Anita DiBianco and Laura Cottingham, "Vraiment-Feminisme et Art", Le Magasin, Grenoble, France, April/May 1997.
— "Shooting Stars: Celebrity Impersonations," "The Madonna Series", "My Life as a Godard Film by Whitney Houston," Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley Art Museum, University of California- Berkeley, December 1997.
— "Amazing," "Joe-Joe," "Taking Back the Dolls," Paris Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, December 11-17, 1996
— "Amazing", "Joe-Joe," "Taking Back the Dolls," Campbells Occasionally, Copenhagen, November 1996
— "Tall Tales from the Short Stack," "Flipper," 111 Minna Street Gallery, San Francisco, June 20, 1996
— "Lesbian Genders," "Taking Back the Dolls," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, May 1-5, 1996.
— "Taking Back the Dolls," Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY, October 1995.
— "Taking Back the Dolls," Pleasuredome, Toronto, July 1995.
— "Taking Back the Dolls," Montreal International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, November 1994.
— "Taking Back the Dolls," Berlin International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, November 4, 1994.
— "Subverting the Libidinous," "Taking Back the Dolls," San Francisco Cinematheque, October 30, 1994.
— "Knitting Factory Video Club," "Flipper," The Knitting Factory, New York, October 13, 1994
— "Taking Back the Dolls," Zeitgeist Theatre, New Orleans, August 1994. "Taking Back the Dolls," Los Angeles International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, July 1994.
— "Taking Back the Dolls," San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, June 1994.
— "Taking Back the Dolls," Anthology Film Archives, June 20, 1994. "Taking Back the Dolls," premiere screening, The New Festival, New York, May 18, 1994.
— "Joe-Joe," in-person presentation, Artists' Television Access, San Francisco, April 8, 1994.
— "Joe-Joe," Melbourne Queer Film and Video Festival, March 12, 1994.
— "Joe-Joe," in-person presentation and live performance in with Cecilia Dougherty, Solis Hall, University of California- San Diego, February 1994.
— "The Return of the Cadavre Exquis," group show, The Drawing Center, New York, November 6- December 18, 1993.
— "Joe-Joe," Berlin International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, November 1993.
— "Joe-Joe," Montreal International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, November 1993.
— "Joe-Joe," in-person presentation and live performance in collaboration with Cecilia Dougherty, San Francisco Cinematheque, October 9, 1993.
— "Joe-Joe", Los Angeles International Gay & Lesbian Film Fesüval, July 17, 1993. "Joe-Joe," in-person presentation with Cecilia Dougherty, San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, June 23 and 25, 1993.
— "Joe-Joe," Boston Gay & Lesbian Film/Video Festival, June 13, 1993.
— "Funny Meaning Strange-Funny Meaning Funny," selection of shorts including "Hot Rox 2" and "Starfucker, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL, June 1993.
— "Joe-Joe," in-person presentation with Cecilia Dougherty, The New Festival, New York, June 1993.
— "Call Me Angel of the Morning," three person show, Artists' Television Access, San Francisco, February 9- 29, 1990
— "Video Refuses- Highlights from the First Four Years," "Refried Broccoli," San Francisco Cinematheque, December 2, 1989.
— "The Body and Other Tales of Joy and Woe," selection of shorts including "Laurie Sings Iggy," and — "The Madonna Series," Critical Art Ensemble, Tallahassee, April 1989.
— "Hot Rox," in-person presentation, Artists' Television Access, San Francisco, January 19, 1989.
— "Alternative Medicine," a selection of shorts including "The Temptation of Wilma" and "The Madonna Series," Mexic-Arte, Austin, October 21, 1988.
— "Video Refuses at The Cinematheque," "Cocksplatter Blues," The Eye Gallery, San Francisco, October 15, 1988.
— "Sushi Video," "Priscilla Presley's Bathroom," New American Makers- Opera Plaza Cinema, San Francisco, September 8, 1988.
— "Visceral Video," "Refried Broccoli," CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, June 28, 1988.
— "Hot Box," solo exhibition of videos and films, Artists' Television Access and Viacom Cable Channel 25, San Francisco, May 26, 1988.
— "The Best of San Francisco," "Laurie Sings Iggy," Nine One One Contemporary Arts Center, Seattle, May 23, 1988.
— "Cocksplatter Blues," Starck Club, Dallas, TX, April 8, 1988.
— "Freud's Snack Bar", a selection of videos including "Refried Broccoli," Starck Club, Dallas, TX, November 26- 27, 1987.
— "Beyond the Box," video installation of "Hot Dog Fat," Artists' Television Access, San Francisco, July 24- 25, 1987.
— "Hot Dog Fat" and "Laurie Sings Iggy," International Music & Video Festival , Zaragoza, Spain, May 24, 1987.
— "Alchemedia II- Ritual and Transgression," "Bar-B-Q Laundry," 455 10th Street Gallery, San Francisco, April 24, 1987
— "Spank Your Fish," a selection of shorts including "Refried Broccoli" and "Thailand DMV," Media Gallery, San Francisco, April 10, 1987.
— "Young Pioneers in Video-Video Refuses Festival," a selection of shorts including "Refried Broccoli," The Lab, October 2 - 11, 1986
— "Epic Video," "The Sigmund Freud Story," Artists' Television Access, San Francisco, June 20, 1986.
— "Not New York: A Profile of SF Video Artists," "The Architectural Importance of Eggshell Condominiums," Video Free America, San Francisco, April 18, 1986.
— "Let's Watch TV," a selection of shorts including "Refried Broccoli" and "Runny Toast," Artists' Television Access, March 14, 1986.
— "American Kulture Nite," "The Sigmund Freud Story," New College Gallery, San Francisco, February 8, 1986.
— "Wandering Into the Shadow of the Earth", Super-8 film installation in collaboration with Azian Nurudin, Art Motel Nine, San Francisco, September 23- 27, 1986.
— "The 94110 Show," "Refried Broccoli," The Eye Gallery, San Francisco, August 18, 1985.
— "Against Fashion", a selection of shorts including "Refried Broccoli," Martin-Weber Gallery,San Francisco, July 19, 1985.
— "Language is the Enemy," a selection of shorts including "Refried Broccoli," Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, June 12, 1985.
— "New Personal Visions- Ill," a selection of Super 8 films, San Francisco Cinematheque, January 31, 1985.
Selected Performances
— Guest appearance on "Inside Kostabi- Name that Painting," Mark Kostabi's cable TV show, July 2004.
— "Your 3 Minutes Are Up," reading in conjunction with Some Weird Sin II, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, March 11, 1994.
— "Fergie," a stage reading of play by Kevin Killian, The Lab, San Francisco, February 6, 1994.
— "That," a stage reading of play by Kevin Killian, Canessa Park, San Francisco, November 21, 1993.
— "Life After Prince," a stage reading of play by Kevin Killian, Kiki, San Francisco, July 28, 1993.
— "Island of Lost Souls," stage reading of play by Kevin Killian, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, April 7, 1993.
— "Return to Sender," stage reading of play by Kevin Killian, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, June 1992.
— Stage readings in "Psychology" by Sarah Schulman, "Shopping and Waiting" by James Schuyler, and "Return to Sender" by Kevin Killian, Small Press Traffic, San Francisco, March 4, 1992.
— "The House of Forks," stage reading of play by Kevin Killian, Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA, December 20, 1991.
— "The House of Forks", stage reading of play by Kevin Killian, The Lab, San Francisco, September 1, 1991.
— "Video Refuses Festival", performance with "Hot Rox", Life on the Water, San Francisco, October 25, 1988.
— "Girls on Fire", Club Foot, San Francisco, November 1983
Rock 'n' Roll and Punk affiliations: guitar, vocals, noise, lyrics, bad attitude, etc.
— 1979-80 The Hu-Femmes, Alexandria, VA/Washington, DC
— The NKB (Neutered Kitty Bitches), Alexandria, VA/Washington, DC
— Editor of The Yoko Ono Fan Club Revue. artpunk fanzine inspired by Yoko Ono
— 1980-81 From Far Away Beauty, Alexandria, VA/Washington, DC Polytechnic, Alexandria / Washington, DC
— 1981-82 Psychodrama, played DC clubs and CBGBs, New York; Two songs featured on the "You'll Hate This Record" Record (Seidboard World Enterprises) 1982 compilation album, self-released "300 Days of Sodom".
— 1981-82 Editor, The Alexandria Father Fucker Times, a fanzine on the DC music scene
— 1982-85 Girls Who Hate Their Mothers, San Francisco
— Mary Davis Kills Mary Davis Kills, San Francisco
— Girls on Fire, San Francisco- released five audio cassettes:
"I Think about Jackson Pollock," (1983); "Diary of a Shiteater," a collaboration with the Chicken Fucks of Fairfax, VA, (1983); "Confessions of a Shit Addict," a collaboration with Sadistic Gossip and Mary Davis Kills Mary Davis Kills of San Francisco, ( 1983);
"Life is too Funny -- I Think I'll $hoot Myself," (1984); and "In My Blood," (1985).
— 1986-87 Your Mom Too, San Francisco
Release audio cassette, "England's Newest Hit Makers."
Guest artist/ Curator/Panelist
— Visiting Lecturer, Cooper Union, New York, November, 2002
— Visiting Lecturer, School of Visual Arts, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, October 2002
— Guest Lecturer, Pearl Union, The Mitchell Library, Glasgow, Scotland, April 2002.
— Film and Video Consultant, for the exhibition "Incandescent" curated by Laura Cottingham for "NowHere" at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humiebaek, Denmark, May 1996.
— Associate News Producer, Dyke TV, New York City, 1994-95.
— Guest Artist, University of California-Irvine, February 1994.
— Guest Artist, Kansas City Art Institute, November 1992.
— Curatorial Committee, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, 1992-93.
— Guest Artist, video/performance art, San Francisco Art Institute, February 1991.
— Guest Artist, Basic Video, New College of California, San Francisco, April 1989.
— Video Co-Curator, Artists' Television Access, San Francisco, 1988-89.
— Panelist, Festival of Plagiarism, Artists' Television Access, San Francisco, February 6, 1988.
Selected Bibliography
— Holly Willis, review of "The Anita Pallenberg Story," LA Weekly. July 6-12, 2001, p. 76.
— Sarah Valdez, review of "The Anita Pallenberg Story," Art in America, October 2000, pp. 167 & 168.
— Bob Nickas and Leslie Singer, interview with Stanley Love, Index, September 2000, pp. 58-66.
— Roger M. Buergel, "Laura Cottingham & Leslie Singer: The Anita Pallenberg Story," Springerin, Band VI, Heft 2/00, pp. 78 & 79.
— Gislind Nabakowski, "Laura Cottingham- The Anita Pallenberg Story," EIKON, #32, 2000, pp. 52 & 53.
— Review of "The Anita Pallenberg Story," The New Yorker, March 27, 2000, p. 107.
— Karen E. Jones, review of "The Anita Pallenberg Story," Time Out New York, March 23- 30, 2000, p. 107
— Cecilia Dougherty & Leah Gilliam & Elisabeth Subrin, "Dearest Cecilia," FELIX, Voyeurism Issue, 2000, p. 232.
— Tim Griffin, "Like The Rolling Stones," Paper, February 2000, p. 34.
— Kaelen Wilson-Goldie, "The Anita Pallenberg Story," Black Book, Winter 1999-2000, pp. 66- 68.
— Max Henry, "Gotham Dispatch," Artnet.com, September 3, 1999
— Lynn Love, "Cecilia Dougherty- Failure to Assimilate," The Independent, March 1999, p. 13.
— Cara Mertes, "Laura Cottingham-Not For Sale," The Independent, July 1998, pp. 24 & 25.
— Holland Cotter, review of "Not For sale", The New York Times, February 27, 1998, p.E38.
— Frederic Fournier, "Amazing: The Lesbian Video USA..., Blocnotes, #14 Jan/Feb1997, p. 117.
— Rachel Glese, "Stardom, Drugs, & Rehab-- Oh, Beautiful Fisher-Price Dolls Is Transcendent Lezzie Camp," XTRA!, No. 278, June 23, 1995, p.42.
Gemma Files, "Not Just Kids' Play," Eye, July 6, 1995, p. 31.
Judith Halberstam, "The Joe-Joe Effect," GLO-A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, vol. 1, #3, 1994, pp.359-363.
Johnny Ray Huston, "Riot Biiitch," SF Weekly, July 6, 1994, pp. 12-13.
Paul Bollwinkel, "Barbie's Best Friends," Bay Area Reporter, June 9, 1994, p. 31.
Lisa Cohen, "The Young and the Festive," Village Voice, May 17, 1994.
Eileen Myles, review of "Joe-Joe," Art in America, April 1994, p.129.
Christine Tamblyn, "Multiple Identities," The Independent, March 1994, pp. 20-22.
Larry Rinder, "Witness," West, Vol. 1, #2, Winter 1993, p. 51.
Erin Blackwell," Joe Orton's Double-Dyke Life," Bay Area Reporter, Oct.7, 1993, p. 39.
Judith Halberstam, "Transgenderism- Coming to a Theatre Near You!", On Our Backs, September/October 1993, p. 10.
Elizabeth Pincus, "What's New," SF Weekly, October 6, 1993, p. 20.
Glen Heifand, "Come Together," SF Weekly, June 16, 1993, p. 19.
Kevin Killian, "Real Tears," Visions Art Quarterly, Fall 1992, p. 43.
Dennis Cooper, "Zines From a Mall (LA's SPEW Convention)," NYO, No.22, 1992, pp. 55-57 & 79.
David Bonetti, "A New Generation Traces Track of 'Real Tears'," San Francisco Examiner, March 11, 1992, P. 25.
Elliott Linwood, "Enchantingly Cheap Flamboyance," Bay Area Reporter, March 5, 1992.
Ann Powers, "Class Sissy," SF Weekly, March 4, 1992, p. 20.
Warren Sonbert, "Madcap Killian," Bay Area Reporter, Sept.12, 1991, pp.31 & 44.
Ann Powers, "Delicious Repartee," SF Weekly, August 28, 1991, p. 10.
Liz Kotz, "Theory and the Local Gal," SF Weekly, October 31, 1990.
Mark Van Proyen, "An Irreverent Stand," Artweek, June 1990, p. 15.
Harry Roche, "Money Talks," SF Bay Guardian, June 13, 1990, p. 25.
Patty Stirling, "Hot Rox," Swellsville, Winter 1989/90, pp. 47-48.
Liz Kotz, "Interrogating the Boundaries of Women's Art: New Work in Video by Women," High Performance, #48, Winter 1989, pp. 36-41.
Valerie Soe, "Video Refuses: Champions of Unsung Heroes and the Plain Unpretentious," December/January 1988/89, p. 22.
Patty Stirling, "Food, Sweat and Jeers: The Art of Leslie Singer," Fall 1988, P. 6.
"Divorce Decree," video criticism, Fall 1988, pp. 18-19.
Jeff Smith, "SF Video Gal Leslie Singer, " No. 7, 1988, pp.28-29.
Glen Thrasher, "Leslie Singer Interview," No. 11, 1987.
Barbara Rice, "Two White Chicks Sitting Around Talking About Art," Truly Needy, No. 9, 1985, pp. 32-33.
Grants
1992 Artists Access/Facilities Use Grant, Bay Area Video Coalition, San Francisco
Video Distributors
Film-makers Co-op
New York, NY (212)267-5665 [email protected]
Video Data Bank
Chicago, IL 60603 (312)345-3550 www.vdb.org
Selected Videography
— "The Anita Pallenberg Story," 2000, 77 mins., DVD, with Laura Cottingham
— Various shorts for Dyke TV, New York, September 1994-December 1996
— "Taking Back The Dolls," 1994, 43 mins., pixelvision/color, 3/4"
— "The Brain That Would Not Die," 1993, 10 mins., color, VHS
— "Hox Rox 2," 1993, 7 mins., color, VHS
— "Joe-Joe," 1993, 52 mins., pixelvision/color, 3/4", with Cecilia Dougherty
— "In-flux," 1993, 87 mins., pixelvision,VHS, with Cecilia Dougherty
— "Starfucker," 1992, 2 mins., color, VHS
— "Queer City," 1992, 2 mins., color, VHS
— "Safe," 1992, 1 min., pixelvision,VHS
— "Heart Rox," 1992, 2 mins., color, VHS
— "A Season in Hell," 1992, 22 mins., color, VHS
— "Hello World Goodbye San Francisco," 1991, 35 mins. pixelvision, VHS, with Cecilia Dougherty
— "Flipper," 1990, 6 mins., color, 3/4"
— "Smokie: Portrait of a Glitter Babe," 1989, 10 mins., color, 3/4"
— "Hot Rox," 1988, 38 mins., color, 3/4"
— "Priscilla Presley's Bathroom," 1988, 6 mins., color, VHS
— "My Life as a Godard Film by Whitney Houston," 1988, 3 mins., color, VHS
— "Laurie Sings Iggy, 1987, 4 mins., color, VHS
— "The Temptation of Wilma," 1987, 3 mins., color, VHS
— "Thailand DMV," 1987, 3 mins., color, VHS
— "The Madonna Series," 1987, 3 mins., color, VHS
— "The Architectural Importance of Eggshell Condominiums," 1986, 3 mins., color, VHS
— "Bar-B-Q Laundry," 1986, 3 mins., color, VHS
— "Hot Dog Fat," 1986, 3 mins., color, VHS
— "The Sigmund Freud Story," 1986, 17 mins., color, 3/4"
— "Runny Toast," 1985, 3 mins. color, VHS
— "Refried Broccoli," 1985, 3 mins., color, VHS
Selected Super-8 Filmography
— "Picasso's Ghost," 1985, 3 minutes
— "Dead Jailbird Languages," 1985, 3 minutes
— "Bellyfull of Gasoline," 1985, 3 minutes
— "The Eyes of Jean-Paul Sartre," 1984, 3 minutes
— "A New Life," 1984, 3 minutes
— "Blood Poisoning," 1984, 3 minutes
— "After God 11," 1984, 3 minutes
— "Fountain of Youth," 1984, 3 minutes
— "How to Fuck Friends and Keep Them," 1984, 3 minutes
— "Hebbie and the Cupcake," 1984, 4 minutes
Other Collaborations in Video
— Laura Cottingham, "Not For Sale: Feminism and Art in the USA during the 1970s," 1998. 90 minutes, Beta-SP. Edited by Sally Sasso and Leslie Singer. Music by Yoko Ono. Exhibited widely, including at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Tate Gallery, London; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; The Depot, Vienna, etc.
— "Incandescent: A Survey of the Exhibition," 1996. 20 min., Beta-SP. With Laura Cottingham and Sally Sasso. Produced for the Festival of Women, Ljubljana, Slovenia, October 1996.
Selected Exhibitions with Laura Cottingham
— "Born to Be a Star/Numero Deux," group show, Kunstlerhaus Wien, Vienna, June - August 2004
— "The Anita Pallenberg Story," The Palmer Art Museum, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, October 2002
— "Dragueur," group show, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland, April 27-May 25, 2002
— "Feature," group show, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand, December 8, 2001 -January 28, 2002.
— "The Anita Pallenberg Story," Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley Art Museum, University of California- Berkeley, November 14, 2001.
— "Firemousegod," group show, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, August 24-September 2001.
— "The Anita Pallenberg Story," Project Room, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, June 16- July 21, 2001.
— "The Anita Pallenberg Story", sponsored by the Neuer Aachener Kunstverein; screenings- Mediapark 7, Cologne, November 5; photo edition- Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany, Fall 2000
— "Governmentality", group show, Alte Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany, Summer, 2000
— "no rhyme or....," group show, Postmasters Gallery, New York, June 29-July 29, 2000
— "It's a Man's World," show with Klaus Vom Bruch, Galerie Nachst St. Stephan, Vienna, May 3-June 30, 2000
— "Post-Pop, Post Punk," group show, M.O.C.A. DC, April 21- May 28, 2000
— "The Anita Pallenberg Story", theatrical premiere, The Great Hall at Cooper Union, NY, February 26, 2000.
— "The Anita Pallenberg Story", DVD and production stills, Postmasters Gallery, New York, February 25-March 25, 2000.
— '"90's Goes '60's: From Fluxus to the Present", "The Anita Pallenberg Story" work-in-progress screening, Downtown Arts Festival, New York, September 18, 1999.
Selected Other Exhibitions
— "Performance Anxiety" "Laurie Sings Iggy," "My Life as a Godard Film by Whitney Houston", "The Madonna Series," Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley Art Museum, University of California-Berkeley, September 29, 2004.
— "Gloria," "Not For Sale," Columns, NY, October 18, 2002.
— "3rd Annual Art in General 12 to 12 Video Marathon," "Joe-Joe," Art in General, NY, January 13, 2001.
— "The Third Sexers," "Taking Back the Dolls," New York Lesbian & Gay Experimental Film/Video Festival, NY, November 18, 2000.
— "Fountain of Youth", "After God 11", "Blood Poisoning", and "Hebbie and the Cupcake," in "Big As Life: An American History of 8mm Films", Museum of Modern Art, New York, May 1998.
— "Grand Auto-Selections from 25 Years of Bay Area Performance-Based Video," "My Life as a Godard Film by Whitney Houston," New Langton Arts, San Francisco, April 9, 1998.
— "Some Young New Yorkers Part II", (Steven Brower section), P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY, February/March 1998.
— Archive Room, with Anita DiBianco and Laura Cottingham, "Vraiment-Feminisme et Art", Le Magasin, Grenoble, France, April/May 1997.
— "Shooting Stars: Celebrity Impersonations," "The Madonna Series", "My Life as a Godard Film by Whitney Houston," Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley Art Museum, University of California- Berkeley, December 1997.
— "Amazing," "Joe-Joe," "Taking Back the Dolls," Paris Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, December 11-17, 1996
— "Amazing", "Joe-Joe," "Taking Back the Dolls," Campbells Occasionally, Copenhagen, November 1996
— "Tall Tales from the Short Stack," "Flipper," 111 Minna Street Gallery, San Francisco, June 20, 1996
— "Lesbian Genders," "Taking Back the Dolls," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, May 1-5, 1996.
— "Taking Back the Dolls," Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY, October 1995.
— "Taking Back the Dolls," Pleasuredome, Toronto, July 1995.
— "Taking Back the Dolls," Montreal International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, November 1994.
— "Taking Back the Dolls," Berlin International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, November 4, 1994.
— "Subverting the Libidinous," "Taking Back the Dolls," San Francisco Cinematheque, October 30, 1994.
— "Knitting Factory Video Club," "Flipper," The Knitting Factory, New York, October 13, 1994
— "Taking Back the Dolls," Zeitgeist Theatre, New Orleans, August 1994. "Taking Back the Dolls," Los Angeles International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, July 1994.
— "Taking Back the Dolls," San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, June 1994.
— "Taking Back the Dolls," Anthology Film Archives, June 20, 1994. "Taking Back the Dolls," premiere screening, The New Festival, New York, May 18, 1994.
— "Joe-Joe," in-person presentation, Artists' Television Access, San Francisco, April 8, 1994.
— "Joe-Joe," Melbourne Queer Film and Video Festival, March 12, 1994.
— "Joe-Joe," in-person presentation and live performance in with Cecilia Dougherty, Solis Hall, University of California- San Diego, February 1994.
— "The Return of the Cadavre Exquis," group show, The Drawing Center, New York, November 6- December 18, 1993.
— "Joe-Joe," Berlin International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, November 1993.
— "Joe-Joe," Montreal International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, November 1993.
— "Joe-Joe," in-person presentation and live performance in collaboration with Cecilia Dougherty, San Francisco Cinematheque, October 9, 1993.
— "Joe-Joe", Los Angeles International Gay & Lesbian Film Fesüval, July 17, 1993. "Joe-Joe," in-person presentation with Cecilia Dougherty, San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, June 23 and 25, 1993.
— "Joe-Joe," Boston Gay & Lesbian Film/Video Festival, June 13, 1993.
— "Funny Meaning Strange-Funny Meaning Funny," selection of shorts including "Hot Rox 2" and "Starfucker, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL, June 1993.
— "Joe-Joe," in-person presentation with Cecilia Dougherty, The New Festival, New York, June 1993.
— "Call Me Angel of the Morning," three person show, Artists' Television Access, San Francisco, February 9- 29, 1990
— "Video Refuses- Highlights from the First Four Years," "Refried Broccoli," San Francisco Cinematheque, December 2, 1989.
— "The Body and Other Tales of Joy and Woe," selection of shorts including "Laurie Sings Iggy," and — "The Madonna Series," Critical Art Ensemble, Tallahassee, April 1989.
— "Hot Rox," in-person presentation, Artists' Television Access, San Francisco, January 19, 1989.
— "Alternative Medicine," a selection of shorts including "The Temptation of Wilma" and "The Madonna Series," Mexic-Arte, Austin, October 21, 1988.
— "Video Refuses at The Cinematheque," "Cocksplatter Blues," The Eye Gallery, San Francisco, October 15, 1988.
— "Sushi Video," "Priscilla Presley's Bathroom," New American Makers- Opera Plaza Cinema, San Francisco, September 8, 1988.
— "Visceral Video," "Refried Broccoli," CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, June 28, 1988.
— "Hot Box," solo exhibition of videos and films, Artists' Television Access and Viacom Cable Channel 25, San Francisco, May 26, 1988.
— "The Best of San Francisco," "Laurie Sings Iggy," Nine One One Contemporary Arts Center, Seattle, May 23, 1988.
— "Cocksplatter Blues," Starck Club, Dallas, TX, April 8, 1988.
— "Freud's Snack Bar", a selection of videos including "Refried Broccoli," Starck Club, Dallas, TX, November 26- 27, 1987.
— "Beyond the Box," video installation of "Hot Dog Fat," Artists' Television Access, San Francisco, July 24- 25, 1987.
— "Hot Dog Fat" and "Laurie Sings Iggy," International Music & Video Festival , Zaragoza, Spain, May 24, 1987.
— "Alchemedia II- Ritual and Transgression," "Bar-B-Q Laundry," 455 10th Street Gallery, San Francisco, April 24, 1987
— "Spank Your Fish," a selection of shorts including "Refried Broccoli" and "Thailand DMV," Media Gallery, San Francisco, April 10, 1987.
— "Young Pioneers in Video-Video Refuses Festival," a selection of shorts including "Refried Broccoli," The Lab, October 2 - 11, 1986
— "Epic Video," "The Sigmund Freud Story," Artists' Television Access, San Francisco, June 20, 1986.
— "Not New York: A Profile of SF Video Artists," "The Architectural Importance of Eggshell Condominiums," Video Free America, San Francisco, April 18, 1986.
— "Let's Watch TV," a selection of shorts including "Refried Broccoli" and "Runny Toast," Artists' Television Access, March 14, 1986.
— "American Kulture Nite," "The Sigmund Freud Story," New College Gallery, San Francisco, February 8, 1986.
— "Wandering Into the Shadow of the Earth", Super-8 film installation in collaboration with Azian Nurudin, Art Motel Nine, San Francisco, September 23- 27, 1986.
— "The 94110 Show," "Refried Broccoli," The Eye Gallery, San Francisco, August 18, 1985.
— "Against Fashion", a selection of shorts including "Refried Broccoli," Martin-Weber Gallery,San Francisco, July 19, 1985.
— "Language is the Enemy," a selection of shorts including "Refried Broccoli," Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, June 12, 1985.
— "New Personal Visions- Ill," a selection of Super 8 films, San Francisco Cinematheque, January 31, 1985.
Selected Performances
— Guest appearance on "Inside Kostabi- Name that Painting," Mark Kostabi's cable TV show, July 2004.
— "Your 3 Minutes Are Up," reading in conjunction with Some Weird Sin II, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, March 11, 1994.
— "Fergie," a stage reading of play by Kevin Killian, The Lab, San Francisco, February 6, 1994.
— "That," a stage reading of play by Kevin Killian, Canessa Park, San Francisco, November 21, 1993.
— "Life After Prince," a stage reading of play by Kevin Killian, Kiki, San Francisco, July 28, 1993.
— "Island of Lost Souls," stage reading of play by Kevin Killian, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, April 7, 1993.
— "Return to Sender," stage reading of play by Kevin Killian, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, June 1992.
— Stage readings in "Psychology" by Sarah Schulman, "Shopping and Waiting" by James Schuyler, and "Return to Sender" by Kevin Killian, Small Press Traffic, San Francisco, March 4, 1992.
— "The House of Forks," stage reading of play by Kevin Killian, Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA, December 20, 1991.
— "The House of Forks", stage reading of play by Kevin Killian, The Lab, San Francisco, September 1, 1991.
— "Video Refuses Festival", performance with "Hot Rox", Life on the Water, San Francisco, October 25, 1988.
— "Girls on Fire", Club Foot, San Francisco, November 1983
Rock 'n' Roll and Punk affiliations: guitar, vocals, noise, lyrics, bad attitude, etc.
— 1979-80 The Hu-Femmes, Alexandria, VA/Washington, DC
— The NKB (Neutered Kitty Bitches), Alexandria, VA/Washington, DC
— Editor of The Yoko Ono Fan Club Revue. artpunk fanzine inspired by Yoko Ono
— 1980-81 From Far Away Beauty, Alexandria, VA/Washington, DC Polytechnic, Alexandria / Washington, DC
— 1981-82 Psychodrama, played DC clubs and CBGBs, New York; Two songs featured on the "You'll Hate This Record" Record (Seidboard World Enterprises) 1982 compilation album, self-released "300 Days of Sodom".
— 1981-82 Editor, The Alexandria Father Fucker Times, a fanzine on the DC music scene
— 1982-85 Girls Who Hate Their Mothers, San Francisco
— Mary Davis Kills Mary Davis Kills, San Francisco
— Girls on Fire, San Francisco- released five audio cassettes:
"I Think about Jackson Pollock," (1983); "Diary of a Shiteater," a collaboration with the Chicken Fucks of Fairfax, VA, (1983); "Confessions of a Shit Addict," a collaboration with Sadistic Gossip and Mary Davis Kills Mary Davis Kills of San Francisco, ( 1983);
"Life is too Funny -- I Think I'll $hoot Myself," (1984); and "In My Blood," (1985).
— 1986-87 Your Mom Too, San Francisco
Release audio cassette, "England's Newest Hit Makers."
Guest artist/ Curator/Panelist
— Visiting Lecturer, Cooper Union, New York, November, 2002
— Visiting Lecturer, School of Visual Arts, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, October 2002
— Guest Lecturer, Pearl Union, The Mitchell Library, Glasgow, Scotland, April 2002.
— Film and Video Consultant, for the exhibition "Incandescent" curated by Laura Cottingham for "NowHere" at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humiebaek, Denmark, May 1996.
— Associate News Producer, Dyke TV, New York City, 1994-95.
— Guest Artist, University of California-Irvine, February 1994.
— Guest Artist, Kansas City Art Institute, November 1992.
— Curatorial Committee, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, 1992-93.
— Guest Artist, video/performance art, San Francisco Art Institute, February 1991.
— Guest Artist, Basic Video, New College of California, San Francisco, April 1989.
— Video Co-Curator, Artists' Television Access, San Francisco, 1988-89.
— Panelist, Festival of Plagiarism, Artists' Television Access, San Francisco, February 6, 1988.
Selected Bibliography
— Holly Willis, review of "The Anita Pallenberg Story," LA Weekly. July 6-12, 2001, p. 76.
— Sarah Valdez, review of "The Anita Pallenberg Story," Art in America, October 2000, pp. 167 & 168.
— Bob Nickas and Leslie Singer, interview with Stanley Love, Index, September 2000, pp. 58-66.
— Roger M. Buergel, "Laura Cottingham & Leslie Singer: The Anita Pallenberg Story," Springerin, Band VI, Heft 2/00, pp. 78 & 79.
— Gislind Nabakowski, "Laura Cottingham- The Anita Pallenberg Story," EIKON, #32, 2000, pp. 52 & 53.
— Review of "The Anita Pallenberg Story," The New Yorker, March 27, 2000, p. 107.
— Karen E. Jones, review of "The Anita Pallenberg Story," Time Out New York, March 23- 30, 2000, p. 107
— Cecilia Dougherty & Leah Gilliam & Elisabeth Subrin, "Dearest Cecilia," FELIX, Voyeurism Issue, 2000, p. 232.
— Tim Griffin, "Like The Rolling Stones," Paper, February 2000, p. 34.
— Kaelen Wilson-Goldie, "The Anita Pallenberg Story," Black Book, Winter 1999-2000, pp. 66- 68.
— Max Henry, "Gotham Dispatch," Artnet.com, September 3, 1999
— Lynn Love, "Cecilia Dougherty- Failure to Assimilate," The Independent, March 1999, p. 13.
— Cara Mertes, "Laura Cottingham-Not For Sale," The Independent, July 1998, pp. 24 & 25.
— Holland Cotter, review of "Not For sale", The New York Times, February 27, 1998, p.E38.
— Frederic Fournier, "Amazing: The Lesbian Video USA..., Blocnotes, #14 Jan/Feb1997, p. 117.
— Rachel Glese, "Stardom, Drugs, & Rehab-- Oh, Beautiful Fisher-Price Dolls Is Transcendent Lezzie Camp," XTRA!, No. 278, June 23, 1995, p.42.
Gemma Files, "Not Just Kids' Play," Eye, July 6, 1995, p. 31.
Judith Halberstam, "The Joe-Joe Effect," GLO-A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, vol. 1, #3, 1994, pp.359-363.
Johnny Ray Huston, "Riot Biiitch," SF Weekly, July 6, 1994, pp. 12-13.
Paul Bollwinkel, "Barbie's Best Friends," Bay Area Reporter, June 9, 1994, p. 31.
Lisa Cohen, "The Young and the Festive," Village Voice, May 17, 1994.
Eileen Myles, review of "Joe-Joe," Art in America, April 1994, p.129.
Christine Tamblyn, "Multiple Identities," The Independent, March 1994, pp. 20-22.
Larry Rinder, "Witness," West, Vol. 1, #2, Winter 1993, p. 51.
Erin Blackwell," Joe Orton's Double-Dyke Life," Bay Area Reporter, Oct.7, 1993, p. 39.
Judith Halberstam, "Transgenderism- Coming to a Theatre Near You!", On Our Backs, September/October 1993, p. 10.
Elizabeth Pincus, "What's New," SF Weekly, October 6, 1993, p. 20.
Glen Heifand, "Come Together," SF Weekly, June 16, 1993, p. 19.
Kevin Killian, "Real Tears," Visions Art Quarterly, Fall 1992, p. 43.
Dennis Cooper, "Zines From a Mall (LA's SPEW Convention)," NYO, No.22, 1992, pp. 55-57 & 79.
David Bonetti, "A New Generation Traces Track of 'Real Tears'," San Francisco Examiner, March 11, 1992, P. 25.
Elliott Linwood, "Enchantingly Cheap Flamboyance," Bay Area Reporter, March 5, 1992.
Ann Powers, "Class Sissy," SF Weekly, March 4, 1992, p. 20.
Warren Sonbert, "Madcap Killian," Bay Area Reporter, Sept.12, 1991, pp.31 & 44.
Ann Powers, "Delicious Repartee," SF Weekly, August 28, 1991, p. 10.
Liz Kotz, "Theory and the Local Gal," SF Weekly, October 31, 1990.
Mark Van Proyen, "An Irreverent Stand," Artweek, June 1990, p. 15.
Harry Roche, "Money Talks," SF Bay Guardian, June 13, 1990, p. 25.
Patty Stirling, "Hot Rox," Swellsville, Winter 1989/90, pp. 47-48.
Liz Kotz, "Interrogating the Boundaries of Women's Art: New Work in Video by Women," High Performance, #48, Winter 1989, pp. 36-41.
Valerie Soe, "Video Refuses: Champions of Unsung Heroes and the Plain Unpretentious," December/January 1988/89, p. 22.
Patty Stirling, "Food, Sweat and Jeers: The Art of Leslie Singer," Fall 1988, P. 6.
"Divorce Decree," video criticism, Fall 1988, pp. 18-19.
Jeff Smith, "SF Video Gal Leslie Singer, " No. 7, 1988, pp.28-29.
Glen Thrasher, "Leslie Singer Interview," No. 11, 1987.
Barbara Rice, "Two White Chicks Sitting Around Talking About Art," Truly Needy, No. 9, 1985, pp. 32-33.
Grants
1992 Artists Access/Facilities Use Grant, Bay Area Video Coalition, San Francisco
Video Distributors
Film-makers Co-op
New York, NY (212)267-5665 [email protected]
Video Data Bank
Chicago, IL 60603 (312)345-3550 www.vdb.org