Dan Graham: Rock My Religion

An illustrated exploration of a groundbreaking work and its connections to New York's art and music scenes of the 1980s.

Dan Graham's Rock My Religion (1982—1984) is a video essay populated by punk and rock performers (Patti Smith, Jim Morrison, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Eddie Cochran) and historical figures (including Ann Lee, founder of the Shakers). It represented a coming together of narrative voice-overs, singing and shouting voices, and jarring sounds and overlaid texts …