There is a cohesive effort throughout these works to establish the possibilities of manipulating a medium already known to be highly manipulative. I had wanted to establish, and set as a representative model (before the onslaught of media byproducts for the home), the ability to explore the possibilities of a two-way system of communication — a "talking back" to the media.
— Dara Birnbaum, Talking Back to the Media, De Appel, Amsterdam, 1985.
Chaired Anxieties: Abandoned, 1975, 5:15 min, b&w, silent
Chaired Anxieties: Slewed, 1975, 13:06 min, b&w, sound
Chaired Anxieties Addendum: Autism, 1975, 7:20 min, b&w, sound
Mirroring, 1975, 6:01 min, b&w, silent
Control Piece, 1975, 5:55 min, b&w, silent
Bar(red), 1975, 3:30 min, b&w, sound
Everything's Gonna Be..., 1976, 10:57 min, b&w, sound
Liberty: A Dozen or So Views, 1976, 11:30 min, b&w, sound
Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman, 1978-79, 5:50 min, color, sound
Kiss The Girls: Make Them Cry, 1979, 6:50 min, color, sound
General Hospital/Olympic Women Speed Skating, 1980, 6 min, color, sound
Kojak/Wang, 1980, 3 min, color, sound
Remy/Grand Central: Trains and Boats and Planes, 1980, 4:18 min, color, sound
New Music Shorts, 1981, 5:41 min, color, sound
Fire!/Hendrix, 1982, 3:13 min, color, sound
PM Magazine/Acid Rock, 1982, 4:09 min, color, sound
Damnation of Faust: Evocation, 1983, 10:02 min, color, sound
Damnation of Faust: Will-o'-the-Wisp (A Deceitful Goal), 1985, 5:46 min, color, sound
Damnation of Faust: Charming Landscape, 1987, 6:30 min, color, sound
MTV: Artbreak, 1987, 30 sec, color, sound
Canon: Taking to the Streets, Part One: Princeton University - Take Back the Night, 1990, 10 min, color, sound
TRANSVOICES: transgressions, 1992, 1 min, color, sound