TOXIC (Yellow River)
TOXIC (Yellow River)
- Artist: Peter Courtemanche
- Artist: Western Front
- Year: 1996
- Duration: 5:00
- Country: Canada
Experimental montage; produced at the Western Front. This video works with
the topic of environmental poisons by depicting a transformation of the
environment into a world of visually beautiful toxic sites. Using the river
as a metaphor, the contamination flows from the tail of a glacier down to
the urban garbage dump at the mouth of the river. The images are a
composite of photo-stills: some from journals from the late 70 s and early
80 s, and others taken at locations in B.C. and Albert, from the mountains
around Lake Louise to the beaches at Tofino.- Accession #: 2297
- Distribution Status: In Distribution