Tony Oursler

Biography

Tony Oursler’s expressionistic reveries incorporate phantasmagoric sets and rambling stream-of-diseased-consciousness narrative that serve to illustrate the depths of a psyche becoming unhinged. Oursler’s early tapes of personal investigation and social reflection earned him a cult following among New York audiences; his more recent installation work has used projected images on sculptural forms. Oursler has collaborated with a number of other artists, including Constance DeJong, Joe Gibbons, and the band Sonic Youth.

Directed

1. Goo (1991) — Director
2. Sucker (1987) — Director
3. Son of Oil (1982) — Director
4. Exquisite Moving Corpse (2022) — Director
5. 9/11 (2001) — Director
6. On Our Own (1990) — Director
7. The Weak Bullet (1980) — Director
8. Imponderable (2016) — Director
9. Spinout (1983) — Director
10. Are We Going to Have to Go Through with This Again? (2008) — Director
11. The Loner (1980) — Director
12. Grand Mal (1981) — Director
13. EVOL (1985) — Director
14. The Teacher (2023) — Director
15. Life of Phillis (1979) — Director
16. Joyride (TM) (1988) — Director
17. Diamond (1979) — Director
18. Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost (The Videos: 1990-2002) (2004) — Director
19. Synesthesia — Director

Also appeared in

1. Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present (2016) — Himself
2. The Genius (1993) — Les Alabaster
3. New York Influence City (2011) — himself
4. Garage Sale II (1980)
5. Heretic — the corpse