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Title proper
(How to avoid) cold toast, Self-hypnosis
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- Moving images
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Doug Porter and Andy Dowden
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Reference code
MS-3-46, 1985-017
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Physical description
1 videocassette (11 min., 20 sec.) : col., U-matic, stereo. - 1 videocassette (11 min., 20 sec., and 4 min., 57 sec.) : Betacam SP
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Andy Dowden is a media and sound artist based in the Halifax area. Dowden has taught studio sound courses in the Media Art Department at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) University since 1986. He has been involved with the Centre for Art Tapes and the Audio for Artists festival.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Doug Porter is a Halifax based artist and has been working with media and video mediums since the 1980s. Porter has exhibited artworks internationally. Porter is an instructor at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax.
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 two video cassettes with video works by Doug Porter and Andy Dowden.
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- English
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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 36, Folder 15, (How to Avoid) Cold Toast was mentioned in an interview for Doug Porter's retrospective "Inhabiting Time" in 2007. See MS-3-46, Box 54, Folder 11, Item 1 for a photographic still of Self-hypnosis.
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Copyright is held by the artists.