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Dalhousie University Archives Centre for Art Tapes tape collection
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Halifax Independent Producers series (1 of 5)

Item consists of two video works : Relative activities by Paula Fairfield ; Doing nothing with somebody by Micah Lexier in 1984. Videos were produced through the Centre for Art Tapes. Videos part of Halifax Independent Producers series (1 of 5).

Lexier, Micah, 1960-

A car, the road and a camera

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.

Lander, Dan

In a Drunken Stupor

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.

Robertson, Clive, 1946-

What I Feel

Item consists of an audio recording by Andy Dowden, which features Side 1: "What I feel", "Heartfelt Words" and Side 2: "Fine Line", "It’s Only Love". The audio was recorded at the Centre for Art Tapes and the liner notes features a handwritten thank you from Dowden.

Dowden, Andy

Canadian Historical Vignettes: The Visiting Forces Act of 1947, The Indifferent City

Item consists of two individual videos, "Canadian Historical Vignettes: The Visiting Forces Act (1947)" by Gary Kibbins and "The Indifferent City" by Doug Pope. Kibbins video is an anti-Canada/United States video with a voice-over of a re-enactment of the parliamentary debate concerning the Visiting Forces Act. This bill was seen as partial immunity for American military personnel in Canada as it allowed the American military court to try any crimes that occurred on Canadian soil. "The Indifferent City" is an unfinished work.

Kibbins, Gary

Centre for Art Tapes sampler

Item is an audio cassette compilation of various works, produced by the Centre for Art Tapes. The tape includes an insert with a list of the titles of the works, artists, and details of its recording (including date). Works included are: "Looking for a New Way to Tie Knots" by 333 (Rick Sheppard, Jay White, Clancy Dennehy); "I am a Canadian" by David Craig and Bob Bean; "Isolation" by Andrew Finch; "Hara 1: Aspirations" by Judith Penner; "Sci-Fi Vid-Sending" by Ed Slopek; "Shakuhachi" by David R. Barteaux; "Threads & Sutures" by PBX (Steve Slater, Clancy Dennehy, Billy Duggan, Andrew Finch); "The Artist's Job, Rapping it Up" by Ingrid Koenig; Untitled by Dana Brousseau; "Art, Sexuality, and Censorship" by Varda Burstyn; "Rosemonde" by Andrew Short and Liane Davison; and "I Don't Know what I feel" by Andy Dowden.

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

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