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New tools for imaging
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Bryan Maycock, James MacSwain, Felicity Redgrave and Andrew Terris
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MS-3-46, 1990-011
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1990 (Creation)
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1 videocassette (25 min., 26 sec.) : U-matic
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Biographical history
Bryan Maycock became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1980s because of their involvement in a compilation video recording, which became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
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James (Jim) MacSwain was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia and graduated from Mount Allison University with a BA in English. Since 1973, Jim has lived in the Halifax area and was an arts administrator in an artist-run centre in Halifax. He has taught media art production at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, the Centre for Art Tapes, and the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative. MacSwain’s videos and films were exhibited at a retrospective at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia that was sponsored by the Centre for Art Tapes in 2005.
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Felicity Redgrave became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1980s because of their involvement in a compilation video recording, which became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
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Andre Terris became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1980s because of their involvement in a compilation video recording, which became a part of the centre’s tape collection.
Custodial history
The tape was donated to the Dalhousie University Archives in 2013 by the Centre for Art Tapes.
Scope and content
Item consists of a compilation of video recordings entitled "New Tools for Imaging". The tape features: "Round Earth's Imagined Corners" (4 min., 23 sec.) by Bryan Maycock, "Amoeba Culture" (4 min., 23 sec.) by James MacSwain, "In Search of the Sacred" (10 min., 40 sec.) by Felicity Redgrave and "Deus Ex Machina" (6 min.) by Andrew Terris.
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- English
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Videocassette is available as an uncompressed 10-bit digital master video file (MOV format) and 8-bit access digital video file (MPEG-4 format).
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Digital copies can be viewed at the Dalhousie University Archives. Advance notice is required.
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Copyright is held by the artist.