Item MS-3-46, 1983-019 - The thirty second effect

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The thirty second effect

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  • Moving images

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Carolyn Lounder, Micah Lexier, David MacDonald, and Liz MacDougall

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MS-3-46, 1983-019

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  • 1983 (Creation)

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2 videocassettes (40 min.) : Betacam, stereo

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(1960-)

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Micah Lexier is a Canadian multi-media artist, whose practice includes sculpture, installation, photography, and text-based work. Born in Winnipeg in 1960, Micah received his MFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1984. Lexier has exhibited nationally in more than 100 solo exhibitions, and more than 200 group exhibitions. Lexier’s works within the Centre for Art Tapes tape collection reflect his time living in Halifax, and his multi-media practice.

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Carolyn Lounder has been associated with the Centre for Art Tapes when a tape she collaborated on “The Thirty Second Effect” from 1983 became a part of their tape collection. The tape was a summer project created at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.

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David McDonald became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in the 1983 because of their involvement in the video recording “The thirty second effect”, which became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

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The tape was donated to the Dalhousie University Archives in 2013 by the Centre for Art Tapes.

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Item is a video work created by Carolyn Lounder, Micah Lexier, David MacDonald, and Liz MacDougall in 1983. According to a conversation with Liz MacDougall on February 11th, 2007, this tape was a Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) Summer Project.

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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 artists.

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