Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Walls performance
General material designation
- Moving images
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Sherry Lee Hunter and Syliva Lee Saunders
Title notes
Level of description
Item
Repository
Reference code
MS-3-46, 1981-004
Edition area
Edition statement
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Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
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Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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1981 (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
1 videocassette (27 min., 42 sec.) : Betacam
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
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Archival description area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Sylvia Lee Saunders was associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1981 because of her involvement with a video recording “Walls performance” with Sherry Lee Hunter which became a part of their tape collection.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Sherry Lee Hunter is a dance theatre performer based in Toronto, who has multiple sclerosis. Hunter was a part of the physical performing troupe, Jest In Time, who performed together for 27 years. Hunter became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in the 1981 because of her involvement in the video recording “Walls performance”, 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 is a video work created by Sherry Lee Hunter and Syliva Lee Saunders of a performance in 1981. The Centre for Art Tapes held the performance in 1981.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Arrangement
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Videocassette is available as an uncompressed 10-bit digital master video file (MOV format) and 8-bit access digital video file (MPEG-4 format).
Restrictions on access
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Digital copies can be viewed at the Dalhousie University Archives. Advance notice is required.
Finding aids
Associated materials
See MS-3-46, OS Box 3, Folder 42 for poster of performance, Walls. See MS-3-46, Box 7, Folder 40 for photographs of Centre for Art Tapes productions and exhibitions including Walls. Additionally, see MS-3-46, Box 7, Folder 45, Item 4 for photograph of Sherry Lee Hunter.
Accruals
Rights
Copyright is held by the artists.