Item MS-3-46, 1977-002 - Televizion tapes

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Televizion tapes

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  • Moving images

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Katherine Knight and John Currie

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MS-3-46, 1977-002

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  • 1977 (Creation)

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1 film reel (37 min.) : b&w

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Katherine Knight was associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1977 because of her involvement with a video recording “Televizion Tapes” which featured Knight’s nighttime photography that became a part of their tape collection.

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Biographical history

John Currie became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1977 because of their involvement in a video recording entitled “Televizion tapes” 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 four video works : Night time photographs by Katherine Knight as well as a series titled Televizion Tapes by John Currie. Series consists of : Sylivia (17 min.), Blow Job (Rubber Dickey) A Soap Opera (4 min.) and Texas John (16 min.). Photographs and videos where exhibited by Centre for Art Tapes in 1980.

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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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See MS-3-46 Box 5, Folder 53 for poster of exhibition by Katherine Knight and John Currie.

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Copyright is held by the artists.

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