Bradley Eros (born in 1952 in Fairfield, Illinois) is an experimental film director, actor, curator, poet, and performance artist who also makes Musique concrète sound collages, music videos, photographs, live projection performances, works on paper and art objects.
His work has been presented in multiple screenings and exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, including the 2004 Whitney Biennial, and is in the permanent collection of the museum. He has also created dozens of ‘zines, posters, soundtracks and unique artist’s books. He is represented by Microscope Gallery in New York City and is known for his work in the field of contracted cinema.Two Expanded Cinemas - Oxford Scholarship
Life and work Among his first projects following his relocation from Illinois to NYC was a series of expanded cinema films with (and performed live with) Aline MareMarie Sophie Beckmann, Films That Spill: Beyond the Cinema of Transgression, Rutgers University Press, 2026, pp.30, 65 in a multi-media film and music partnership called Erotic Psyche.Films and Video —— Aline Mare In 1982 he helped organize (and appeared in) the Colab sponsored Erotic Psyche Show at ABC No Rio after he participated in The Times Square Show. His sound collage The Atom & Eve of Destruction (1983) appears on the first issue of Tellus Audio Cassette Magazine in 1983. Tellus Audio Cassette Magazine #1 (1983) In 1984, he made Mutable Fire, a collage film about destruction and desire.Mutable Fire (184) - FilmAffinityRe-Visions: Bradley Eros|Experimental CinemaSpirit of the Eighties|Experimental CinemaFilm International
From 1987 to 2016 he collaborated with the artist/filmmaker Jeanne Liotta.Bradley Eros and Jeanne Liotta's Subverted Horseplay|Whitney Museum of American Art In 2020, he also collaborated with musician Lea Bertucci providing visuals for a video.Artist DIY: Lea Bertucci - FACT Magazine
He is manager and researcher at Anthology Film Archives, as well as a member of the board of directors of The Film-Makers' Cooperative in New York City.Interview: Bradley Eros on Eau de Cinema, Scent, and Film December 21, 2021
Selected works Warp & Weft (with Lea Burtucci; 2019)The Playlist: Ed Sheeran's Tender Duet, and 11 More New Songs - The New York TimesLea Bertucci "Warp And Weft (excerpt)" on NNA Tapes' official YouTube channel Trans Trans (Transformers Transformed) (with Tim Geraghty; 2009)Trans Trans (Transformers Transformed)|IRFFMay 22nd AGE OF EXTINCTION: Films for Transformers - Experimental Response Cinema Aerodynamics of the Black Sun (2006)Orchard47 eros.ion (1999)Bradley Eros: "eros.ion"|Experimental Cinema Dervish Machine (1992)Euro Mediterranean Arts Subverted Horseplay (with former partner Jeanne Liotta;Eros/Liotta 1987-2016) Erotic Psyche (with Aline Mare; 1985)Underground Film Timeline: 1980 —— 1989|Underground Film Journal Mutable Fire (1984)(PDF) No Wave Film and the Music Documentary: From No Wave Cinema “Documents” to Retrospective Documentaries|Michael Goddard - Academia.edu Osmosis (1972-2002)Osmosis|Euro Mediterranean Arts
See also No Wave Cinema Underground film Cinema of Transgression Expanded Cinema
References
External links The Film-Makers' Cooperative Bradley Eros at IMDb Dervish Machine (1992) officially posted by Jeanne Liotta on Vimeo