The Film & Electronic Arts Program and the Theater & Performance Program present:

For over four decades, Mr. Atlas has extended the limits of film and video, forging new territory in a far-reaching range of genres, stylistic approaches, and techniques. Over the years he has made media/dance works, multi-channel video installations, feature-length documentaries, video art works for television, and live electronic performances.

 
Throughout his career, he has consistently fostered collaborative relationships, working intimately with such artists and performers as Leigh Bowery, Michael Clark, Douglas Dunn, Marina Abramovic, Yvonne Rainer, Mika Tajima/New Humans, Antony & The Johnsons, and most notably Merce Cunningham, for whom he served as filmmaker-in-residence for a decade from the early 1970s through 1983.

His recent projects include solo shows: Glacier (January 2013) at the Bloomberg Space, London, The Illusion of Democracy at Luhring Augustine Bushwick (February 2012) and Discount Body Parts at De Hallen Museum in Holland (March 2012) ; live performance/installations: The Pedestrians, in collaboration with Mika Tajima/New Humans at The South London Gallery (April 2011), In Residence at the 2012 Whitney Biennial, and Charles Atlas and Collaborators at the Tate Modern (March 2013); and Ocean, a film of Merce Cunningham’s epic dance, which premiered at the Walker Art Center (September 2010). His most recent film TURNING, a documentary feature made in collaboration with Antony and the Johnsons is currently touring in festivals worldwide and will be released digitally and on DVD in the coming months.

Atlas has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, three “Bessie” (New York Dance and Performance) Awards, and was the 2006 recipient of the Foundation for Contemporary Artʼs biennial John Cage Award.