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Steve Reinke is an artist and writer best known for his first-person monologue-based video essays. His work is in many collections including the Museum of Modern Art (New York),  Centre Pompidou (Paris), MACBA (Barcelona) and National Gallery (Ottawa). He has shown work at many film festivals including Sundance, Berlinale, Rotterdam, Oberhausen, BFI London and the New York FF. He has been in many exhibitions including the Whitney Biennial 2014. He lives in Chicago and is represented by Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin.

The Toronto International Film Festival named his The Hundred Videos (1989 — 1996) one of the 150 essential works In Canadian cinematic history. In 2006 he received the Bell Canada Video Award. A collection of his writings, The Shimmering Beast, was published in 2011. He has co-edited several anthologies, most recently Blast Counter Blast (with Anthony Elms) and The Sharpest Point: Animation at the End of Cinema​ (with Chris Gehman).

He also works as a curator and critic, most notably assembling a box set of George Kuchar's video work for the Video Data Bank. His research interests include rhetorical and narrative strategies for visual art, artists' writing, queer Nietzsche, the voice and psychoanalysis.

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The Hundred Videos. 001. Excuse of the Real
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The Hundred Videos. 001. Excuse of the Real

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 5’

The Hundred Videos. 002. Family Tree
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The Hundred Videos. 002. Family Tree

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 3’

The Hundred Videos. 003. Watermelon Box
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The Hundred Videos. 003. Watermelon Box

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 1’

The Hundred Videos. 004. Family Planning
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The Hundred Videos. 004. Family Planning

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 1’

The Hundred Videos. 005. Eleven Dreams
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The Hundred Videos. 005. Eleven Dreams

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 6’

The Hundred Videos. 009. I Am Not like You
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The Hundred Videos. 009. I Am Not like You

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 2’

The Hundred Videos. 010. Barely Human
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The Hundred Videos. 010. Barely Human

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 3’

The Hundred Videos. 011. ROOM
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The Hundred Videos. 011. ROOM

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 4’

The Hundred Videos. 012. Michael and Lacan
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The Hundred Videos. 012. Michael and Lacan

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 10’

The Hundred Videos. 013. Joke (version one)
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The Hundred Videos. 013. Joke (version one)

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 4’

The Hundred Videos. 014. Joke (version two)
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The Hundred Videos. 014. Joke (version two)

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 4’

The Hundred Videos. 015. Walking the Dog
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The Hundred Videos. 015. Walking the Dog

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 2’

The Hundred Videos. 016. After Baudelaire
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The Hundred Videos. 016. After Baudelaire

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 2’

The Hundred Videos. 017. Language of Rats
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The Hundred Videos. 017. Language of Rats

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 3’

The Hundred Videos. 020. Deaf
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The Hundred Videos. 020. Deaf

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 2’

The Hundred Videos. 024. Visuals Elf
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The Hundred Videos. 024. Visuals Elf

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 1’

The Hundred Videos. 025. Pus Girl
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The Hundred Videos. 025. Pus Girl

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 1’

The Hundred Videos. 026. Wish
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The Hundred Videos. 026. Wish

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 2’

The Hundred Videos. 027. Disturbed Sleep
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The Hundred Videos. 027. Disturbed Sleep

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 6’

The Hundred Videos. 028. Testimonials
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The Hundred Videos. 028. Testimonials

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 6’

The Hundred Videos. 029. Little Faggot
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The Hundred Videos. 029. Little Faggot

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 2’

The Hundred Videos. 030. Long Train Ride
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The Hundred Videos. 030. Long Train Ride

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 3’

The Hundred Videos. 031. Lonely Boy
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The Hundred Videos. 031. Lonely Boy

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 8’

The Hundred Videos. 032. I Love You, Too
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The Hundred Videos. 032. I Love You, Too

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 1’

The Hundred Videos. 033. Charming Mutt
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The Hundred Videos. 033. Charming Mutt

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English.

The Hundred Videos. 034. Ice Cream
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The Hundred Videos. 034. Ice Cream

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 2’

The Hundred Videos. 036. Request
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The Hundred Videos. 036. Request

Steve Reinke.

1977, Canada. vo English. 6’

The Hundred Videos. 037. Jason
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The Hundred Videos. 037. Jason

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English.

The Hundred Videos. 038. Experiment
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The Hundred Videos. 038. Experiment

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English.

The Hundred Videos. 039. Editorial
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The Hundred Videos. 039. Editorial

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 1’

The Hundred Videos. 041. Pioneer
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The Hundred Videos. 041. Pioneer

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 1’

The Hundred Videos. 042. My Personal Virus
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The Hundred Videos. 042. My Personal Virus

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 1’

The Hundred Videos. 043. Vision (with Birds)
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The Hundred Videos. 043. Vision (with Birds)

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 5’

The Hundred Videos. 044. Self Help
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The Hundred Videos. 044. Self Help

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 2’

The Hundred Videos. 045. My Erotic Double
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The Hundred Videos. 045. My Erotic Double

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 1’

The Hundred Videos. 046. Sleep
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The Hundred Videos. 046. Sleep

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 2’

The Hundred Videos. 047. Dream Work
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The Hundred Videos. 047. Dream Work

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 2’

The Hundred Videos. 048. Artifact
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The Hundred Videos. 048. Artifact

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 1’

The Hundred Videos. 050. Child
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The Hundred Videos. 050. Child

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 1’

The Hundred Videos. 052. Love Letter to Doug
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The Hundred Videos. 052. Love Letter to Doug

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 2’

The Hundred Videos. 053. Three Plays
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The Hundred Videos. 053. Three Plays

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 3’

The Hundred Videos. 054. Screensaver
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The Hundred Videos. 054. Screensaver

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 1’

The Hundred Videos. 055. Symposium
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The Hundred Videos. 055. Symposium

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 2’

The Hundred Videos. 056. Jin's Dream
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The Hundred Videos. 056. Jin's Dream

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 1’

The Hundred Videos. 057. Ghost Production
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The Hundred Videos. 057. Ghost Production

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 3’

The Hundred Videos. 058. Minnesota Inventory
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The Hundred Videos. 058. Minnesota Inventory

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 10’

The Hundred Videos. 060. Three Examples
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The Hundred Videos. 060. Three Examples

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 1’

The Hundred Videos. 061. Sparky
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The Hundred Videos. 061. Sparky

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 1’

The Hundred Videos. 062. Black Heart
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The Hundred Videos. 062. Black Heart

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 2’

The Hundred Videos. 063. Box
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The Hundred Videos. 063. Box

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 2’

The Hundred Videos. 064. The End of My Death
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The Hundred Videos. 064. The End of My Death

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 2’

The Hundred Videos. 065. Muriel
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The Hundred Videos. 065. Muriel

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 1’

The Hundred Videos. 066. Attempt to Sing
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The Hundred Videos. 066. Attempt to Sing

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 1’

The Hundred Videos. 067. Assplay
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The Hundred Videos. 067. Assplay

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 1’

The Hundred Videos. 068. Love Among Corpses
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The Hundred Videos. 068. Love Among Corpses

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 2’

The Hundred Videos. 069. Harvey K.
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The Hundred Videos. 069. Harvey K.

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 2’

The Hundred Videos. 070. Dr. Asselbergs
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The Hundred Videos. 070. Dr. Asselbergs

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 4’

The Hundred Videos. 071. Corey
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The Hundred Videos. 071. Corey

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 2’

The Hundred Videos. 072. My Fear
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The Hundred Videos. 072. My Fear

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 1’

The Hundred Videos. 073. Dumbo Climax
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The Hundred Videos. 073. Dumbo Climax

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 2’

The Hundred Videos. 074. Apology
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The Hundred Videos. 074. Apology

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 4’

The Hundred Videos. 076. Microscope
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The Hundred Videos. 076. Microscope

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 1’

The Hundred Videos. 077. Amoeba
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The Hundred Videos. 077. Amoeba

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 2’

The Hundred Videos. 078. Treehouse
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The Hundred Videos. 078. Treehouse

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 3’

The Hundred Videos. 079. The Boxers
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The Hundred Videos. 079. The Boxers

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 1’

The Hundred Videos. 080. Talk Show
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The Hundred Videos. 080. Talk Show

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 1’

The Hundred Videos. 081. The Hand
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The Hundred Videos. 081. The Hand

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 1’

The Hundred Videos. 082. I have already
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The Hundred Videos. 082. I have already

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 1’

The Hundred Videos. 083. Little Monkeys
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The Hundred Videos. 083. Little Monkeys

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 2’

The Hundred Videos. 084. Stentor
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The Hundred Videos. 084. Stentor

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 1’

The Hundred Videos. 085. New York Loves Me
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The Hundred Videos. 085. New York Loves Me

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 1’

The Hundred Videos. 088. Three Dreams
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The Hundred Videos. 088. Three Dreams

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 3’

The Hundred Videos. 089. 24 Jokes
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The Hundred Videos. 089. 24 Jokes

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 3’

The Hundred Videos. 091. Falling
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The Hundred Videos. 091. Falling

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 2’

The Hundred Videos. 092. Notes on the Uncanny
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The Hundred Videos. 092. Notes on the Uncanny

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 3’

The Hundred Videos. 094. Ants and Bees
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The Hundred Videos. 094. Ants and Bees

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 1’

The Hundred Videos. 095. Ghosts
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The Hundred Videos. 095. Ghosts

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 1’

The Hundred Videos. 096. Camouflage
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The Hundred Videos. 096. Camouflage

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 1’

The Hundred Videos. 097. Underwear
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The Hundred Videos. 097. Underwear

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 1’

The Hundred Videos. 098. Candle
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The Hundred Videos. 098. Candle

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 6’

The Hundred Videos. 099. Story
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The Hundred Videos. 099. Story

Steve Reinke.

1997, Canada. vo English. 1’

The Mendi
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The Mendi

Steve Reinke.

2006, Canada. vo English. 11’