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TVideo and East on the 401
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- Moving images
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Tom Sherman
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1 videocassette (28 min.) : col., Betacam SP, NTSC, sd. mono.
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Name of creator
(1947-)
Biographical history
Tom Sherman is a media artist who received his BFA from Eastern Michigan University in 1970. Sherman moved to Canada in 1972, and ran artist-run centres, created media works, and became a regular on-air contributor to CBC before becoming associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in Halifax in the late 1970s and 1980s. The CFAT tape collection are video artworks and videos relating to larger exhibitions that happened in Halifax by Sherman. Sherman is currently a professor at Syracruse University, where he teaches video and media history, theory and production.
Custodial history
The tape was donated to the Dalhousie University Archives in 2013 by the Centre for Art Tapes.
Scope and content
Items consists of two video works created by Tom Sherman : "TVideo" (1980) and "East on the 401", which was formerly titled "You can't watch television and drive a care at the same time" (1978). "TVideo" is a video performance where Tom Sherman discusses a fictional end to his career. The work was created in 1980 and was produced in Toronto, set in Montreal, and shot in Syracuse, New York. The work was originally created for broadcast on "Television by Artists", produced by John Watt and the Fine Arts Broadcast Service. "East on the 401" depicts driving on a highway from the driver's perspective, creating a trance-like quality.
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- English
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Videocassette is a dub. Location of master video is unknown.
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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.