Artist
Bas Jan Ader
1942–1975 · Dutch
Bas Jan Ader created a small but influential body of performances and films centered on falling, gravity, melancholy and romantic failure. He disappeared at sea in 1975 while attempting to cross the Atlantic alone as part of In Search of the Miraculous.
Performance; film; photography
Major Works
- 1970Fall I (Los Angeles) →
- 1970Fall II (Amsterdam) →
- 1971Broken Fall (Geometric), Westkapelle, Holland →
- 1971I’m Too Sad to Tell You →
- 1971Nightfall →
- 1974Primary Time →
- 1970Study for I'm Too Sad to Tell You →
- 1973In Search of the Miraculous (One Night in Los Angeles) →
- 1973Thoughts Unsaid, Then Forgotten →
- 1975In Search of the Miraculous, Part II →
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo