Video Out

New Acquisitions Winter 1999 tape 1

EXQUISITE CORPSE (Una Knox 6:00 1999)
A compilation of visual interpretations of stories written using the Surrealist Exquisite Corpse Method.
SHE S A DIVA (Sheila James 4:00 1998)
A comic narrative set to an original tangoesque song, telling the story of womanizing hero who is put in his place by a beautiful diva.
FOOTPRINTS (Paul Manly 6:00 1999)
Using the manipulation of the video image as a metaphor, Manly transforms serene natural settings into urban chaos in this poignant meditation on our destruction of the environment, and our feelings of powerlessness to stop it.
ME FIRST (Elizabeth MacKenzie 7:00 1999)
The maternal themes of renunciation and self-denial are taken up and ultimately rejected as they are played out over the top of the endless cycle of caring for a baby.
SHUET YING: A STORY OF MY MOTHER (Gordon Wong 4:00 1998)
An animated tribute to the artist s mother and her enduring belief in love.
BUILDING HEAVEN, REMEMBERING EARTH (excerpt) (Oliver Hockenhull 10 :00 1999)
This poetic, visual and musical journey through the developing art and science of architecture provides a cross-cultural and comprehensive approach to the language of architecture.
BOX NUMBER (Ani Kalemkerian 15:00 1999)
BOX NUMBER documents Ani Kalemkerian s interviews with six men and women who have used phone dating services.