Bastiaan Johan Christiaan " Bas Jan Ader (19 April 1942 – disappeared 1975), was a Dutch conceptual and performance artist, photograper. His work is in many instances presented as photographs and video of his performances. He made performative installations, including Please Don't Leave Me (1969).
Ader was lost at sea in 1975, attempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the American coast, to England, sailing in a thirteen-foot sailboat. His deserted vessel was found off the coast of Ireland, on April 18, 1976, in offering few clues as to his fate.
More than 40 years ago, Bas Jan Ader decided to go on an adventure. In a tiny sailing boat, the Dutchman set sail across the ocean. Nine months later the boat was found adrift at sea. There was no sign of Ader. It's a story that has always fascinated filmm ...
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The life and work of enigmatic Dutch/Californian conceptual artist Bas Jan Ader, who in 1975 disappeared under mysterious circumstances at sea in the smallest boat ever to cross the Atlantic. As seen through the eyes of fellow emigrant filmmaker René Daal ...
Watch NowShot in his garage-studio, the camera records Ader painstakingly hoisting a large brick over his shoulder. His figure is harshly lit by two tangles of light bulbs. He drops the brick, crushing one strand of lights. He again lifts the brick, allowing tensio ...
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This short film is part of a mixed media artwork of the same name, which also included postcards of Ader crying, sent to friends of his, with the title of the work as a caption. The film was initially ten minutes long, and included Ader rubbing his eyes to ...
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Bas Jan Ader hangs from the branch of a tall tree, until he loses his grip and falls into a river below. ...
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One of a series of 'falls' by Bas Jan Ader that he recorded on film, this work was filmed in West Kapelle, Holland in 1970. ...
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Bas Jan Ader's first fall film shows him seated on a chair, tumbling from the roof of his two-storey house in the Inland Empire. ...
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Jemison adopts and refashions the premise of Bas Jan Ader's work of the same name. As in the 1970s-era video, a young man clings to a tree branch for a long minute before ultimately falling out of the frame. Jemison's remake honors the original's investmen ...
Watch NowShot in his garage-studio, the camera records Ader painstakingly hoisting a large brick over his shoulder. His figure is harshly lit by two tangles of light bulbs. He drops the brick, crushing one strand of lights. He again lifts the brick, allowing tensio ...
Watch NowThis short film is part of a mixed media artwork of the same name, which also included postcards of Ader crying, sent to friends of his, with the title of the work as a caption. The film was initially ten minutes long, and included Ader rubbing his eyes to ...
Watch NowBas Jan Ader hangs from the branch of a tall tree, until he loses his grip and falls into a river below. ...
Watch NowOne of a series of 'falls' by Bas Jan Ader that he recorded on film, this work was filmed in West Kapelle, Holland in 1970. ...
Watch NowBas Jan Ader's first fall film shows him seated on a chair, tumbling from the roof of his two-storey house in the Inland Empire. ...
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