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Erica Schreiner
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Directing
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Erica Schreiner is a New York–based experimental video and performance artist who has worked with VHS for over twenty years. Performing before the camera, Erica creates allegorical, ethereal works that merge femininity, anarchistic themes, ritual and sensuality. Using symbolic materials and immersive sets, she creates surreal, intimate environments with a distinct personal style.
Known for
NRErica Schreiner short. Part of The Skye Project.
Paper Dress
2006
Erica Schreiner short. Music by Grasping Straws.
Help
2020
Erica Schreiner short.
Bye Dad
2020
NRErica Schreiner short. Part of The Skye Project.
Math
2007
NRErica Schreiner short. Part of The Tarot Project.
The Fool
2023
Erica Schreiner short. The Disorders Series, 3.
Smolder
2011
Film credits
2020s · 2 titles
Erica Schreiner’s Love Is Power offers an intensely close-up look at the body that is both erotic and “authentically human.”
Love Is Power
2023
NRThe citizens of the forest are entranced by strange cubes. Apple, Bird and Violet manage to break the trance and embark on a journey to try and find the master cube, which may bring the citizens back to consciousness.
The Special People
2021
Behind the camera
NRErica Schreiner short. Part of The Skye Project.
Paper Dress
2006
Erica Schreiner short. Music by Grasping Straws.
Help
2020
Erica Schreiner short.
Bye Dad
2020
NRErica Schreiner short. Part of The Skye Project.
Math
2007
NRErica Schreiner short. Part of The Tarot Project.
The Fool
2023
Erica Schreiner short. The Disorders Series, 3.
Smolder
2011
NRErica Schreiner short. Part of The Skye Project.
Alice
2008
Erica Schreiner short
Hold
2025
NRErica Schreiner short. Part of The Skye Project.
Performance
2007
Erica Schreiner short.
Bleed
2017
Erica Schreiner short. The Disorders Series, 4.
Evidence
2011
NRNightly, Satori gives birth to eggs and sells them in order to make enough money to survive so she can continue to make art. Satori becomes worn out and conflicted with the act of selling part of herself. She discusses this and the many aspects of being an artist with her friends: an encouraging unicorn, the all-knowing goddess, Isis, and a very disagreeable Beta fish. Together they help Satori find a way into the universe where she goes in search of meaning and answers about her current existence as an artist.
Satori
2015
NRNightly, Satori gives birth to eggs and sells them in order to make enough money to survive so she can continue to make art. Satori becomes worn out and conflicted with the act of selling part of herself. She discusses this and the many aspects of being an artist with her friends: an encouraging unicorn, the all-knowing goddess, Isis, and a very disagreeable Beta fish. Together they help Satori find a way into the universe where she goes in search of meaning and answers about her current existence as an artist.
Satori
2015
NRErica Schreiner short. Part of The Tarot Project.
The Magician
2023
Short by Erica Schreiner
The Ropes
2026
Erica Schreiner short. The Disorders Series, 2.
Nectar
2011
Erica Schreiner short.
Sometime
2017
NRErica Schreiner short. Part of The Skye Project.
Home
2006
NRErica Schreiner short. Part of The Skye Project.
Song
2006
NRErica Schreiner short.
The Line
2023
Erica Schreiner short.
Sauce
2008
Erica Schreiner short.
Ohio
2008
NRErica Schreiner short. Part of The Skye Project.
Easter Bunny
2006
Erica Schreiner short.
Paper Cup
2008
Erica Schreiner short
All The King's Horses
2017
Erica Schreiner short.
Jam
2013
Filmed with Erica Schreiner's characteristic VHS aesthetic which is at once lush and DIY, Smoke is a visceral exploration of heartbreak and healing, following the emotional journey of the artist grappling with the sudden end of a relationship
Smoke
2025
Erica Schreiner short. Music by Popular Music.
Somewhere
2021
With Dehlia’s consent, I began recording our phone conversations. We lived together when we were 20 and now we’re 40. During one call, stories of past traumas surfaced, stories of assault and the darkness of violation. Yet, through the words and the silence between them, I found a new liberation. In the act of speaking and being heard, something alchemical unfolds: the stories so many women carry are brought out of the dark and given breath and light.
Photosynthesis
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Erica Schreiner short. Music by Prussia.
Pulp
2010
Erica Schreiner short.
Quarantine
2020
Erica Schreiner short. Music by Toby Goodshank.
Tara
2021
Erica Schreiner short.
Metamorphosis
2012
Erica Schreiner short
Fractured
2013
NRErica Schreiner short.
Thistle
2008
Erica Schreiner short. The Disorders Series, 5.
Erase
2011
Erica Schreiner short.
Providence
2026
Erica Schreiner short. The Disorders Series, 1.
Echo
2011
NRErica Schreiner short. Part of The Skye Project.
Cake
2006
NRErica Schreiner short. Part of The Skye Project.
New Friend
2006