About
Cooper Battersby and Emily Vey Duke have been working collaboratively since June 1994. Their work has been broadcast and exhibited around the world. Duke and Battersby are currently teaching at Syracuse University in Central New York. In 2010 they were shortlisted for the Sobey Art Award. Their work is distributed by Video Data Bank in Chicago, Argos in Brussels, V-Tape in Toronto and Video Out in Vancouver. In 2012, a book about their work, titled The Beauty is Relentless, was published by Coach House Press. In the fall of 2015, Duke’s book The Illuminations, a collaboration with Shary Boyle, was published by Oakville Galleries.
Filmography
Civil Twilight at the Vernal Equinox2021 · Director
The Infernal Grove2021 · Director
You Are an Amazement2019 · Director
You Were an Amazement on the Day You Were Born2019 · Director
After the American Election2018 · Thanks
Onikuma2016 · Thanks
Dear Lorde2015 · Screenplay, Director, Script
Here Is Everything2013 · Director
Lesser Apes2011 · Director
Beauty Plus Pity2009 · Director
Songs of Praise for the Heart Beyond Cure2006 · Director
Figure vs. Ground2004 · Co-Director
Curious About Existence2003 · Director
The Fine Arts2002 · Director
Bad Ideas for Paradise2001 · Director
Being F***ed Up2001 · Director