Performances

One on One installation at the KW Institute for Contempoary Art Berlin

2013

Visitors entered a room in total darkness. A bright light shines on a man sitting at a table and painting toy soldiers. The table is covered with a brutal battle scene.
Joe is portrayed by several actors of different genders and ethnicities.

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Carl Panzram: The Spirit of Hatred and Vengeance

2012

Joe Coleman is interviewed and his paintings appear in this documentary about Carl Panzram, a lifelong prisoner and a hate-filled serial killer. Brutalized in and out of various U.S. state prisons during 20th century America, Panzram unleashed a rampage of revenge that resulted in over 20 murders and countless acts of violent sodomy.

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Performance with the Legendary Ward Hall

2010

at Sideshow by the Seashore, Coney Island. June 23, 2010.

Derring Do at Coney Island

2009

Joe leaps from a tall ladder into a glass of water!

Bit Rare Fiend

2009

A 42-second short film directed by Joe Coleman based on outtakes from the autopsy scene in R.I.P.: Rest in Pieces.

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Monsterland

2009

TV documentary directed by Jörg Buttgereit. "Monsterland journeys through time and around the world, exploring diverse monster types, from the origins of the latex monster in devastated postwar Japan to the aliens and serial murderers of 1980s American cinema, and on to the rise of King Kong's digital descendants in the face of 21st-century terrors." Joe appears as a talking head.