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In a Drunken Stupor
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- Sound recording
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Clive Robertson
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MS-3-46, 2012-170
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1 audio cassette
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Name of creator
(1946-)
Biographical history
Clive Robertson is an artist, curator, critic and art historian. Robertson received his MFA in Performance Art studies from the University of Reading in 1971 and PhD in Communication Studies from Concordia in 2006. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Art History and Art Conservation department at Queen’s University. Clive has exhibited performance and video works nationally and internationally. Robertson advocated for the artist-run centre movement by directing production and physical spaces for artworks in the 1970s and 1980s.
Custodial history
The tape was donated to the Dalhousie University Archives in 2013 by the Centre for Art Tapes.
Scope and content
Item is an audio recording of 'In a Drunken Stupor,' a performance by Clive Robertson presented on February 29, 1984 at the Treasure Cove Lounge in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia as part of the 1984 Audio by Artists Festival. This solo performance about domestic violence and war premiered in 1983 for Syntax, Calgary and widely performed across the artist-run centre network between 1983 and 1985. The performance has a backing track of read texts, sound effects, and music ending with the song, "What Can A Man Say?." The texts are read by Janet Martin, Lisa Steele, Lisa Wyndels, Carole Conde, Joyce Mason and Lillian Allen.
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- English
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Audio cassette can be listened at the Dalhousie University Archives. Advance notice is required.
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Associated materials
See MS-3-35, OS Folder 32 for a poster for this performance.
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Copyright is held by the artist.