Cecelia Condit

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Cecelia Condit

Born December 15, 1947 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (age 78)

Cecelia Condit is an American artist who works in video. Fusing humor and horror, the whimsical and the macabre, Cecelia Condit tells stories that uncover dark fantasies of the subconscious beneath the surreal suburban landscape of Middle America. Condit's elliptical narratives, which have been termed "feminist fairy tales," put a subversive spin on the traditional mythologies of female representa…

Known For

The FieldThe Field · 2019
The Field
★ 5.02019
MovieFantasyMystery
A long-empty farmstead holds secret worlds, accidentally unlocked by an amateur photographer and his wife.
Possibly in MichiganPossibly in Michigan · 1983
Possibly in Michigan
★ 7.61983
MovieHorrorMusic
A musical horror story about two young women who are stalked through a shopping mall by a cannibal. He follows them home, and here the victims become the aggressors.
Puxando Raízes com Cecelia ConditPuxando Raízes com Cecelia Condit · 2025
Puxando Raízes com Cecelia Condit
2025
MovieHistoryDocumentary
A video essay that seeks to represent, study and pay homage to the North American filmmaker Cecelia Condit, covering all of her film work and video installation, portraying her through devices of semiotics, aesthetics and cinematographic language.
Little SpiritsLittle Spirits · 2005
Little Spirits
★ 5.02005
MovieDramaFamily
A young girl who plays a trick on a friend, unaware or uninterested in the possible consequences.
Park, October
Oct 31, 2026
Park, October · 2026
Park, October
2026
MovieDramaMusic
Dexter walks through a rather quiet park on a nice fall evening. But there is something off about the walk. Inspired by Cecilia Condit's One Wheel Dance.
In ConcertIn Concert · 2020
In Concert
2020
MovieDocumentary
"In Concert" is a 3 screen experimental film about the human species ongoing troubled relationship with nature.
Not a Jealous BoneNot a Jealous Bone · 1987
Not a Jealous Bone
★ 6.91987
MovieDramaHorror
Invoking a biblical story of life coming from dry bones, Condit constructs an experimental narrative about an older woman’s confrontation with her own mortality after the death of her mother. The bone represents the promise of youth and hope—a promise jealously coveted by the young, but needed more by those grown old. Inverting cultural values, Condit represents feminine youth as a mannequin, and seeks humanity in the form of the older woman, who is reborn by overcoming her fear of death.
Beneath the SkinBeneath the Skin · 1981
Beneath the Skin
★ 7.61981
MovieHorrorMystery
"Relating a tale told by a girl on a swing, Beneath the Skin explores the contrast between the impersonal horror of a news story heard on television and the involvement of the storyteller in a nightmare, which gradually becomes more familiar and commonplace as the tale unfolds. The straightforward approach of the teller is humorously or frighteningly contrasted by a bombardment of visual images which mock or intensify the macabre flavor of the work."

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