Item consists of a video recording by Amber Phelps Bondaroff entitled "Cricetus Explorporator". The video is about a hamster in a wheel explains his invention, the “cricetus exploraporator,” and its implications for the future
Item is a video work by Mark Verabioff in 1985. Video was part of the Life like it: Some Halifax video screening. Video was produced by Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Item is a second generation copy, copy number 2. Crossing the 49th is a narrative fantasy dealing with the notion that the total population of Canada could be swapped with the entire American gay population. The tape uses several methods to address this fantasy: blue American and red Canadian lips share ideas; keyed text in the guise of airport codes and clauses float across the screen; sections of slow-moving, bleached-out shots help create a dreamy effect that runs the entire length of the tape.
Item consists of a video compilation portfolio by Mark Berabioff with four individual works, including "Crossing the 49th." Crossing the 49th is a narrative fantasy dealing with the notion that the total population of Canada could be swapped with the entire American gay population. The tape uses several methods to address this fantasy: blue American and red Canadian lips share ideas; keyed text in the guise of airport codes and clauses float across the screen; sections of slow-moving, bleached-out shots help create a dreamy effect that runs the entire length of the tape.
Items consist of a video recording by Stepka Ammon entitled "Cultural Perception and Culture Clash: a Look from Germany". The video is of a Centre for Art Tapes visiting forgeign artist Stepka Ammon who presented a screening of several German video artists in 2006.
Item consists of a video recording compilation by Daniel Olsen featuring: "Printer’s Devil" (3 min., 7 sec.), "I, Daniel, Say “Mama”’ (4 min., 24 sec.), and "Forty-Eight and Half" (48 min., 30 sec.).
Item consists of two video recordings, one by Chris Mulligan entitled "Danse carree" which is described as "a delightful musical animation merging computer imaging with photographic collage." The other video recording is by Sea Level Communications and Bob Zimmerman entitled "Bond security systems".
Item is a video of shots collected by David Short. In the case 2 pages list the name of the shotlist and dates on CTV News stationary. Shots include, Nicaragua calls for U.N meeting, ABC Nightline, killed journalist Jack Smith and more.
Item is a video of shots collected by David Short. In the case two pages list the name of the shot list and dates on CTV News stationary. Shots include : Ladies choice, Burger King commercial, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation logo and more shots.
Item is a video of shots collected by David Short. In the case 2 pages list the name of the shot list and dates on CTV News stationary. Shots include, Nightline, Westbank story, denture commercial and more.
Item is a video of shots collected by David Short. In the case two pages list the name of the shot list and dates. Shots include : El Salvador election awaiting results, typewriter advertisement, Mac commercial and more shots.
Item consists of two video recordings, one in english "Fisherman to fisherman" and the other in french "De pecheur a pecheur". The video was descirbed by CFAT as: "Until 1976, with the overthrow of the Sandinista regime, the Nicaraguan government paid little attention to their in-shore fisheries. Now fishermen face the challenge of improving their methods and distribution structure. Through creative sharing of knowledge and equipment, Atlantic Canadian fishermen and OXFAM are helping Nicaraguan fishermen improve their industry. Fisherman to Fisherman is a touching and thorough document of the active professional and cultural exchange between two fishermen of these two nations."
Item consists of a video recording entitled "Decoding the Undertow" by Colin MacKenzie. The video is a rough edit of the documentary making of a dance piece.
Item consists of an audio recording by Mattrhew Sommerville entitled "Deconstructions 1". The tape features: "There’s no Place…", "Western Thinking", "Vision of the Future; I.V.".
Items consists of a video recording by Claire Hodge entitled "Decoupage". The video features 12 looping video segments, each a cut derived from a sequence of Fracois Truffaut’s film, “Shoot the Piano Player”, which are played simultaneously.
Item is a video work created by Dean Brousseau in 1984. Dinner is an experimental documentary using a universal family event as its focus.Framed in snap-shot style, the video seems to arbitrarily “crop off” the participants, saving anonymity. This tape allows the viewer to concentrate on details of inpromptu etiquette and casual conversation around the dinner table, until, in the end, as with any family event, the camera is brought out to take pictures. On the cue “okay, smile!” the photographs taken are tossed one by one into the video frame, revealing at last the dinner participants in fuzzy Polaroids.
Item consists of a video recording entitled "Discovering Spryfield". The tape features: "Governor’s Brook - Back on the Map", "No Boundaries", "Spryfield Spirit" and "Guardian Ancestors".
Item consists of a video recording entitled "Distant Voices" by Barbara Badessi. In "Distant Voices", Badessi she links her contemporary experiences as an immigrant with the historic influx of immigrants arriving at Pier 21 in Halifax between 1928 and 1971. Badessi herself emigrated to Canada from her native Italy in 1985.