Doug Aitken Movies

  • 2011
    Black Mirror

    Black Mirror

    Black Mirror

    7.62011HD

    A nameless drifter navigates a barren landscape punctuated by satellite dishes, radio towers and droning airplanes. Stopping periodically in...

    Black Mirror
  • 2012
    Song 1

    Song 1

    Song 1

    12012HD

    An installation commissioned to be projected on the outer ring of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C.

    Song 1
  • 2007
    Sleepwalkers

    Sleepwalkers

    Sleepwalkers

    6.72007HD

    A bike messenger, an electrician, a postal worker, a business man and an office worker make their way through an evening in New York City. A...

    Sleepwalkers
  • 2009
    The Art of Time

    The Art of Time

    The Art of Time

    02009HD

    Explores some of the most innovative attempts by contemporary artists, filmmakers, architects etc to explore multiple Temporalities and to counter...

    The Art of Time
  • 2014
    Station to Station

    Station to Station

    Station to Station

    6.82014HD

    Sending a burning arrow into the stunting effects that the compartmentalization of culture has on how creativity manifests, visual artist Doug Aitken...

    Station to Station
  • 1979
    Big Wheels and Sailor

    Big Wheels and Sailor

    Big Wheels and Sailor

    01979HD

    Children of long distance lorry drivers, travelling with their fathers, become involved in attempted hijacking.

    Big Wheels and Sailor
  • 2000
    Blow Debris

    Blow Debris

    Blow Debris

    22000HD

    Blow Debris similarly suggests narrative but prefers to offer it in the form of a drifting, almost aimless experience; the piece enacts a passage or...

    Blow Debris
  • 1994
    Autumn

    Autumn

    Autumn

    81994HD

    Aitken wanted to create three music videos, each with their own narrative, to be aired separately at different times as part of his commercial...

    Autumn
  • 2022
    Wilderness

    Wilderness

    Wilderness

    62022HD

    A cinematic meeting point between nature and technology, Doug Aitken’s unearthly short is enfolded in evocative hymns whose voices are eerily...

    Wilderness
  • 1999
    Electric Earth

    Electric Earth

    Electric Earth

    61999HD

    In Doug Aitken’s cinemascope-like, walk-in, multi-sectioned, video installation, the public is transported into the atmosphere of an airport by...

    Electric Earth
  • 2008
    Migration

    Migration

    Migration

    82008HD

    The images in migration (empire) are underscored by the constant sound of running or dripping water. Aitken portrays the wild animals in the...

    Migration
  • 2010
    House

    House

    House

    102010HD

    An elderly couple gaze into one another's eyes as a house is demolished around them

    House