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- Moving images
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Edward Slopek
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MS-3-46, 1983-016
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1 videocassette (6 min., 30 sec.) : b&w, Betacam. - 1 videocassette (6 min., 30 sec.) : b&w, U-matic
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Biographical history
Edward Slopek is a media and fine arts artist. Slopek is currently a professor at Ryerson University, where he is the Program Director for the New Media Option in the School of Image Arts. Slopek has a bachelor’s degree from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, a MA from the University of Leicester and a PhD from McGill University. Slopek has exhibited artwork nationally and internally since the 1970s. His work is also a part of permanent collections, including Canada’s National Gallery.
Custodial history
The tape was donated to the Dalhousie University Archives in 2013 by the Centre for Art Tapes.
Scope and content
Item is a video work created by Edward Slopek in 1983. The video is of a close-up of a speaking mouth, repeating a short philosophical blurb by Sir Alistair Hardy. Each time the speaker repeats, he seems to drop bits of words, making the passage of text more and more disjointed and garbled. In the end, it no longer has the appearance of spoken English. This is accompanied by an irritating single-note, high-pitched drone, which further alienates the viewer.
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The tape is in a state of deterioration. The picture has severe troubles.
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- English
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Video can be viewed at the Dalhousie University Archives. Advance notice is required.
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Copyright is held by the artists.