
Liz Magic Laser / In Real Life_
In Real Life, Liz Magic Laser, 2019, trailer for 5-channel HD video installation, 90 minutes; custom seating (dimensions variable). Commissioned by FACT, Liverpool, UK.
Liz Magic Laser / Bio
Liz Magic Laser is a multimedia video and performance based artist from New York City. Her work intervenes in semi-public spaces such as bank vestibules, movie theaters and newsrooms, involving collaborations with actors, surgeons, political strategists and motorcycle gang members.
Liz Magic Laser / In Camera
In Camera, Liz Magic Laser, 2012, a Malmö Konsthall commission, five-channel video, 121 minutes, video still. Featuring actors Karin Hallén and Anders E Larsson.
Liz Magic Laser / The Digital Face
The Digital Face, Liz Magic Laser, 2012, performance and two-channel video, 10 minutes, production still, MoMA PS1, New York. Featuring dancers Alan Good and Cori Kresge.
Liz Magic Laser / Identification Please
Identification Please, Liz Magic Laser, 2016, newspaper and video installation, installation view with Identification Please (meditation tape), 2016, audio track and yoga mats.
Liz Magic Laser / The Thought Leader
The Thought Leader, Liz Magic Laser, 2015, single-channel video, 2 min excerpted from 9 min. Featuring actor Alex Ammerman. For The Thought Leader , Laser used the format of the increasingly popular TED Talk.
Liz Magic Laser / Bow
Bow, Liz Magic Laser and Sanya Kantarovsky, 2012, performance, ink and bleach on linen, pedestals and single-channel video, production still, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia. Featuring Sami Kakiashvili, Yulia Gruzdeva, Maria Livadina and Egor Moiseev.
Liz Magic Laser / Kiss and Cry
Kiss and Cry, Liz Magic Laser, 2015, single-channel 4K video, 3 min excerpted from 14 min. With figure skaters Anna MacKenzie and Axel MacKenzie and coach Marie Jonsson MacKenzie. Commissioned and produced by Mercer Union.
Liz Magic Laser / Flight
Flight, Liz Magic Laser, 2010-2011, performance and single-channel video, 30 minutes, MoMA PS1, April 2010 and Times Square (NY), May 2011. Featuring actors Nic Grelli, Elizabeth Hodur, Liz Micek, Michael Wiener, Lia Woertendyke and Max Woertendyke.
Liz Magic Laser / Stand Behind Me
Stand Behind Me, Liz Magic Laser, 2013, performance and two-channel video, 10 minutes, Lisson Gallery, London, UK. In this second incarnation of The Digital Face (2012), Laser works with dancer Ariel Freedman to adapt oratorical gestures from 2013 speeches made by an international range of politicians.