Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Exclusive memory 5-8-16
General material designation
- Moving images
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Tom Sherman
Title notes
Level of description
Item
Repository
Reference code
MS-3-46, 1987-016A
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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1987 (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
1 videocassette (62 min., 23 sec.) : U-matic, NTSC, stereo
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
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Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
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Archival description area
Name of creator
(1947-)
Biographical history
Tom Sherman is a media artist who received his BFA from Eastern Michigan University in 1970. Sherman moved to Canada in 1972, and ran artist-run centres, created media works, and became a regular on-air contributor to CBC before becoming associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in Halifax in the late 1970s and 1980s. The CFAT tape collection are video artworks and videos relating to larger exhibitions that happened in Halifax by Sherman. Sherman is currently a professor at Syracruse University, where he teaches video and media history, theory and production.
Custodial history
The tape was donated to the Dalhousie University Archives in 2013 by the Centre for Art Tapes.
Scope and content
Item consists of a video recording that is based on excerpts of a six hour monologue by Sherman with a computer-based video sensing robot, created by the artist for an exhibition.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Arrangement
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Videocassette is available as an uncompressed 10-bit digital master video file (MOV format) and 8-bit access digital video file (MPEG-4 format).
Restrictions on access
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Digital copies can be viewed at the Dalhousie University Archives. Advance notice is required.
Finding aids
Associated materials
See MS-3-46, Box 21, Folder 10 for more information on the "Exclusive Memory" installation, including artist statements, installation details, and correspondence with CFAT regarding the exhibition and its installation. This video is part of a series by Tom Sherman, which also includes MS-3-46, 1987-016B, 016C, and 016D.
Accruals
Rights
Copyright is held by the artist.