Charles Atlas

Charles Atlas is a pioneer in film and video, and has worked at the intersection of the moving image, visual art, and choreography for over four decades. Since his first collaborations with choreographer Merce Cunningham, Atlas has led the development of media-dance, or performance made directly for the camera. His work has come to define a vivid cinematic language for articulating dance on screen, using an active, mobile camera (versus a static one) to mediate the experience of movement in space. Atlas has consistently fostered collaborative relationships, working intimately with artists and performers such as Marina Abramović, Yvonne Rainer, Mika Tajima/New Humans, Antony and the Johnsons, and most notably Merce Cunningham, for whom he was in-house videographer from the early 1970s through 1983. Most recently Atlas' work has been included in the 57th Venice Biennale, on view from May 13-November 26, 2017.