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Centre for Art Tapes audio compilation : studio production and documentation of talks and performances

Item is a compilation of recordings of various artists. The tape includes a paper insert that lists the artists and their works.

Side 1 includes six works produced in the studio: "Heartfelt Words" by Andy Dowden (July 1984); "Shakuhachi" by David Barteaux (April 1984); "I am Canadian" by Bob Dean and David Craig (September 1983); "Threads & Sutures" by PBX (Steve Slater, Clancy Dennehy, Billy Duggan, Andrew Finch) (September 1983); "I Want Release" by 333 (Rick Shepard, Jay White, and Clancy Dennehy) (February 1984); traditional maritime music by Jacques Lederlin (April 1984).

Side 2 includes excerpts from 12 talks and performances, compiled by Andy Dowden: "Social Criticism that Makes you Laugh" by Sheila Gostick (June 15, 1984); performance by The Palace at 4 A.M. (Ihor Holubizky, Walter Yarwood, George Higton) (March 10, 1984); "Scanner Training Seminar #2" by Ed Slopek (January 18, 1984); talk at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design for the Atlantic Film and Video Festival by Jerry Mander (October 20, 1984); "Mexico City Blues" by Murphy's Law (Richard Gibson, Steve Tittle, Jim Faraday); "Art, Sexuality, and Censorship" by Varda Burstyn (April 4, 1984); performance at the Other Space by Beth Bartley and Marc Clifford (March 4, 1984); presentation by Robin Endres (June 11, 1984); performance at the Other Space by Clancy Dennehy and Dan Lander (March 4, 1984); talk by Jan Peacock at Struts Gallery (February 1984); audio installation by Hu Hohn (June 1984); and poetry at the Other Space by Clifton Joseph (June 8, 1984).

Centre for Art Tapes audio compilation

Item is the master audio compilation of six pieces by various artists, compiled by Andy Dowden: "Heartfelt Words" by Andy Dowden; "Shakahachi" by David Barteaux; " I am a Canadian" by Bob Bean and David Craig; "Threads and Sutures" by PBX; I want Release" by 333; and traditional maritime music by Jacques Lederlin.

Dowden, Andy

Halifax Independent Producers series (4 of 5)

Item consist of two video works created in 1984 : Tall Ships by Dan Lander; Drift by David Clark. Video was produced through the Centre for Art Tapes. Videos part of Halifax Independent Producers series (4 of 5). Tall Ships investigates the role of TV media on the way we perceive everyday occurrences. Drift is an experimental tape full of cliches.

Lander, Dan

Halifax Independent Producers series (5 of 5)

Item consists of three video works created in 1984: Monoltage by Mark Clifford; Suburban Stress by Mark Verabioff; Red by Sara Newman and Carol Millett . These might be the first scholarship tapes according to a conversation with Liz MacDougall on February 11th, 2007. Videos part of Halifax Independent Producers series (5 of 5).

Millett, Carol

Halifax cable 10 show

Item consists of three video works : Monoltage by Mark Clifford; Suburban stress by Mark Verbioff; and Valley vista home by Norman Cohn. Each video is preceded by artist statements.

Cohn, Norman

Cabaret up front

Item is a video work created in 1984 of a night performance at Dartmouth’s Treasure Cove Lounge. Camera by Liz MacDougall, sound David Barteaux and editing by Dan Lander. Documented with a single shot, not always the most ideal conditions, and roughly edited, the overall look of the event is nonetheless quite good.

Lander, Dan

Climbing a ladder using a video

Item is a video work created by Kou Nakajima in 1984. The Centre for Art Tapes screened the work as part of the Ottawa International Festival of Video Art exhibition series. Footage processed by Aniputer is of Kou Nakajima workshop.

Monoltage

Item is a video work created (directed produced and edited) by Mark Clifford in 1984. Actors include Richard Collins, Sean Whalen, Sue McKinnon and Beth Bartley.

Dinner

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.

Brousseau, Dean

Growing together

Item is a video created by Regent’s Park Sole Mothers Association. The video documents a meeting of the Regent’s Park Sole Mothers Association, a group of largely low income women trying to create a sense of community spirit in their area of Toronto.

The other space

Item consists of an audio recording entitled "The Other Space" which was created for the Audio by Artists Festival. The tape features: Side A: "Intro", "The Drifter", "Open your Gate", "Firescape", "Speed of Lite", "Losing Ground", "Summer Rain" and Side B: "Wendy on the Highway", "Me Stranger", "SRE 555" and "Call the Little Man".

Clifford, Mark

Centre for Art Tapes compilation

Item is a compilation of video works created with assistance from the Centre for Art Tapes : CFAT Promo; Gwen Noah performance; Art-Kik Power; Crossing the 49th; Self-Hypnosis; Debert Bunker: By Invitation Only; Look Up (the Sky is Falling); Survival: Still the Issue; Catie; Our Two Cents Worth; We Will Rebuild; C.D. Latter's Natural High; Who Says?; In Trouble With the Law; Warships.
Description of the video prepared by Centre for Art Tapes is as follows: CFAT Promo: ad that was played every other year on Halloween. Catie: In this video the audience experiences a one-on-one encounter with another human being, seemingly without intervention of medium used. The person in question is an Acadian woman in her mid-70’s, whom the viewer meets at home. Catie relates numerous aspects of her life in an unabashed manner, revealing her as someone who has survived hard times with grace and dignity. Brousseau explains at the beginning how this video is one of a pair (the other being ‘Mother’s Days’) which explore the shifts in moral outlook from generation to generation. By dealing with his relatives, Brousseau and camera are able to capture a particularly candid and entrusting view of the subjects, giving insight into personal aspects of their lives, at the same time showing some of their more universally shared qualities. Crossing the 49th: “It has been arranged by the intermales and underdykes of the U.S.A. and Canada, to unite in the union of the World’s first totally gay nation. Come on now, cross 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. Debert Bunker: By Invitation Only: The occasion of this tape was a military coordinated rehearsal of emergency measure in the event of a nuclear war. This dry-run, which had officials (mostly men) seeking shelter from fall-out that the underground bunker at Debert, NS might provide, became the focus of non-violent collective activism from several maritime-based affinity groups (mostly women). The narrative alternates action footage with commentary from group representatives. The intention was that of describing and documenting the processes and symbolic gestures employed by each group. Women from the action had not previously used video made important contributions to production. The tape uses interviews inter cut with live dramatic performance, live ritual, live footage. as well as stills and medical clips. Voice-over and live sound are both used.

Calvert, Melodie, 1961-

Videotex for Artists Halifax

Item consists of five video works : Debert Debunkers: By Invitation Only, 1984-85 by Liz MacDougall (2min., 10sec.);
John Turner Goes to Hollywood, April 27th, 1985, by Doug Barron (4 min., 8 sec.);
Monoltage, by Mark Clifford (6 min.,18 sec.);
Vernacular Designs, Laura MacDonald and Paula Fairfield, (3 min., 20 sec.);
Performance from the Arts and Culture Assembly, January 27th, 1985, Cathy Quinn (3 min., 31 sec.).

Inkpen, Alan

Four the moment : earth anthem

Item is an audio cassette that contains various works by Leonard Boudreau ("Earth Anthem"); Clary Croft ("The Broken Ring," traditional a cappella, "The False Knight," "Farewell to Nova Scotia," and two traditional instrumentals); and Jamie MacNutt ("Count Me Out," "Assorted guitars and Mittens," "Long long time," and "Safari in the City".

Croft, Clary

Promotional video for workshop

Item is a video work created by Dean Brousseau in 1985. The video is documentation of First Edition A & E featuring group of singers called For the moment and Centre for Art Tapes. Item is an energetic pseudo-narrative promotional tape for the Centre for Art Tapes, utilizing pixilation techniques and starring the audio and video equipment.

Brousseau, Dean

Video compilation

Item consists of five video works : Debert Debunkers: By Invitation Only, 1984-85 by Liz MacDougall (2min., 10sec.); John Turner Goes to Hollywood, April 27th, 1985, by Doug Barron (4 min., 8 sec.); Monoltage, by Mark Clifford (6 min.,18 sec.); Vernacular Designs, Laura MacDonald and Paula Fairfield, (3 min., 20 sec.); Performance from the Arts and Culture Assembly, January 27th, 1985, Cathy Quinn (3 min., 31 sec.).

MacDougall, Liz

Wallace + Theresa

Item consists of a video recording featuring audio of poet Wallace Stevens, juxtaposed with visual artwork of the artist and poet Theresa Hak Kyung Cha. The video was screened on September 22, 2004 as a part of the Centre for Art Tapes' 25th Anniversary archival works screening, "Exquisite Archive".

Peacock, Jan (1955- )

Commercial culture

Item consists of three different video works: Artist Touch, U Can Rail, and Art Kik Power. Popular Projects is a non-profit society dedicated to using theatre and performance for social change. Structured as advertisements, Commercial Culture uses satire to expose the dire effects of increased state intervention on the arts. Commercial Culture was produced for a National Forum on Canadian Culture.

Popular Projects

Audio by Artists' Festival on the Radio

Item consists of the first part of Audio by Artists on the Radio, a radio program produced for CKDU Radio as part of the 1985 Audio by Artists Festival. The program was produced by Andy Dowden and Micah Lexier and narrated by David Craig. The program features "You've Got Yours" by Michael Fernandes; "Towards the Northern Service" by Ian Murray; "Inside Issues" and "TV" by William Furlong; "Are You There" and "Cambrian Shield" by Donna Ebert; "Can we Get Personal" by Paula Fairfield; and "The Media Ate It" and "The Past Informs the Present Reflection" and "This Song will Change Your Life" and "Such Wonderful Times" by Dan Lander;

Dowden, Andy

Peace

Item is an audio cassette that contains seven tracks by Andy Dowden: Political Freedom, Self-Hypnosis, He Man, Fun 1, 2 Big Men, Cheer Up, and De Lub Dub. Special thanks are given to David Barteaux and Andy James. The tape also features Clancy Dennehy on the "De Lub Dub" track on drums and was produced at the Centre for Art Tapes in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Cover art for the tape is by Jan Skeldon.

Dowden, Andy

Centre for Art Tapes compilation

Item is a video compilation of Centre for Art Tapes produced videos. Videos include:
Sing it the Best That You Can (4:38) created by Bruce Campbell , Garry Conway,
Invasion of Our Homeland (1:40) created by Liz MacDougall and INNU Project,
D.A.N.S. promo (00:30) created by Dean Brousseau,
Quarter Moon (4:10) created by David Askevold, The Absence of Us (2:55) created by Pamela Pike and The Halifax Conference: A Forum on National Policy (12:27).

MacDougall, Liz

Crossing the 49th

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.

Verabioff, Mark

Commercial culture

Item consists of three video works : Artist Touch; U Can Rail; and Art Kik Power. Popular Projects is a non-profit society dedicated to using theatre and performance for social change. Structured as advertisements, Commercial Culture uses satire to expose the dire effects of increased state intervention on the arts. Commercial Culture was produced for a National Forum on Canadian Culture.

Popular Projects

Commercial culture

Item consists of three video works : Artist Touch; U Can Rail; and Art Kik Power. Popular Projects is a non-profit society dedicated to using theatre and performance for social change. Structured as advertisements, Commercial Culture uses satire to expose the dire effects of increased state intervention on the arts. Commercial Culture was produced for a National Forum on Canadian Culture.

Popular Projects

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