Item consists of a video featuring Jeremy Wallace with narration by Jeffrey Helgason. It was written, produce, and directed by Stephen O'Keefe at the Centre for Art Tapes.
Item consists of a video recording entitled "Live Art PSAs". The tape also has a label on its case stating: "Paul Andrea Fortier, 'Bras de Plomb', Local Currents".
Item consists of a video recording by Renee Penney and Michael Weir entitled "Lily & Christian "Dish"" which was proucded at through the Centre for Art Tapes.
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.).
Item consists of a video recording by Jan Peacock. This video work was a part of the 1986 video exhibition, "Life Like It", which featured Halifax-based video artists and travelled nationally.
Item consists of a video recording by Jan Peacock. This video work was a part of the 1986 video exhibition, "Life Like It", which featured Halifax-based video artists and travelled nationally.
Item is a video work created by Liz MacDougall and Brenda Conroy. The videos contents examines the Southern Ethiopian famine caused by drought. The video documents the implementation of an emergency air lift supply program initiated by the World University Services of Canada. Through interviews with individuals we are presented with an overview of Canadian aid to Ethiopia. The tape demonstrates the effectiveness that concerned people can have through organization, and ends with a plea for more help.
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.).
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.
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 is a video work created by Dan Lander in 1983. Video was produced in Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Case includes a one page description of the video by the artist. He described the video as : student work is a quick and somewhat humorous piece dealing with the idea of being a photographer, while trying to lose some of the habits of that profession. A thrumming drone makes up the audio portion of the tape, reminding one of the sound and feeling of a drive over a long stretch of highway.
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.
Item is a video work of promotional material for the Ottawa International Festival of Video Art. Centre for Art Tapes screened videos from festival in 1984.
Item consists of three video works that were part of the Ottawa International Festival of Video Art (SAW festival). According to a conversation with Liz MacDougall on February 11th, 2007 the was part of a tour and workshop.
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.
Item is a video work of performance recorded by Centre for Art Tapes of Clifton Joseph, member of the group Dub Poets, backed by members of Halifax thriving reggae and rasta community.
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 roughlyedited, the overall look of the event is nonetheless quite good.
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.
Item is a video work created by Edward Slopek in 1983. The video is of a close-up of a speaking mouth, repeating a short philosophical blurb by Sir Alistair Hardy. Each time the speaker repeats, he seems to drop bits of words, making the passage of text more and more disjointed and garbled. In the end, it no longer has the appearance of spoken English. This is accompanied by an irritating single-note, high-pitched drone, which further alienates the viewer.
Item is a video work created by Kathy Tanney in 1983. Video is of a conversation between male and female characters, over visuals of Christ and E.T. Snippets of music, character talking about her mother, Marianne Faithfull over romance comics and someone beating an animal doll.
Item is a video work created by Andy Dowden in 1982. This video uses snippets of songs with the word “love” and scenes from soap operas to comment upon the state of love.
Item is a video work created by Laura Kipnis in 1980. According to a conversation with Liz MacDougall on February 11th, 2007, the tape was the artists final NSCAD project. The video is about prostitution, sex, and power.
Item is a video created by Amy Pfeiffer, Unknown, untitled #1 made in 1978. The content is described as: Man goes into china shop, steals - intercut: video tape of television screen, apples in hand, hands next to loaded dinner plate at dining table.
Item is a video created by Dean Johnstone as part of a Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Project. Lighting by David Wigmore and Effects: B. McCarvell Performers include: Buell, Cole, Cousins, Genge, Johnstone, McCarvell, McInnis, Mclean, Parslow, Picard, Pidgeon, Semple, Steward, Wigmore.
Item consists of two video works created by Mike Riggio (director), John Doyle (camera), and Paul Wadden (writer and performer). Video includes two selections of prose readings : Far greater love on a far greater bay and One of the boys. Video is from Memorial University Art Tapes. Far Great Love is a video of man drinking with English accent reminiscing of a great love. One of the Boys is about a man with heavy Newfoundland accent telling story.
Item consists of three video works by Douglas Waterman : Over, Line Separation and Thought Pile. Videos were screened by Centre for Art Tapes in an exhibition with Gary Wilson's photographs.
Item is a poster for Workers Sold Out a screening of video works by Nancy Nicol. The event featured Nicol's works, Mini Skool Pays Mini Wages and Selling Out.
