Item MS-3-46, 1987-021 - Shuffle

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Shuffle

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  • Moving images

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Douglas Waterman

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MS-3-46, 1987-021

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1 videocassette (22 min.) : U-matic, NTSC, mono. - 1 videocassette (22 min.) : Betacam

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Douglas Waterman was a Halifax based video or media artist in the 1970s and 1980s. Waterman became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in the 1978 because of their video recording entitled “3 videos by Douglas Waterman” 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 video by Douglas Waterman. An insert in the U-matic tape box describes the video as follows:

"A static electrical charge is generated by shuffling my clothed feet over an insulator, and by postponing contact with elements having characteristics which would operate as outlets for the charges being generated. The stored charge emits an electrical fields that draws the particles (ashes) toward it. A proportion of the charge from my hand jumps to the particles as the particles rise to and contact my hand. The particles have received an overcharge which opposes it to its source, so is driven back to its resting place. Dispersal time for the particles' energy is (approx. 10 sec.) allowing it to be activated again, initiating another cycle as the particles slowly spread out."

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Videocassette was baked in 2018 but tape remained too sticky for playback.

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  • English

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Video can be viewed at the Dalhousie University Archives. Advance notice is required.

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Copyright is held by the artist.

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