Artist

Jane Wright

Born in Montreal in 1943, Jane Wright is known for video produced in the 1970s and 1980s on the Paik/Abe synthesizer at the Experimental TV Centre, Binghamton, NY. She was also a member of the Kitchen, an electronic arts collective in NYC. In Canada she worked in community cable television and at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. For eighteen years Jane served as Professor, Media Arts Department, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON. She holds a BA from McGill University, an MA from Simon Fraser University, and Diploma in the Social Sciences from the University of Stockholm, Sweden. Jane is a Quaker and has participated in human rights work in conflict sites in Canada and overseas. She lives in Hamilton, ON.

Artist Code: 006

Videography

Imaginary Landscapes

1991, 22:00 minutes, colour/B&W, English

Beach, Dog, Car, You, Happy, Sex

1984, 30:00 minutes, colour, silent

The Mississippi Tapes: 1 to 6

1983, 180:00 minutes, colour, English

Lake Huron Birds (take 3)

1982, 10:00 minutes, colour, English

Maneuvres

1980, 24:00 minutes, B&W, English

Street: Winter

1978, 24:00 minutes, B&W, English

Westinghouses (Arts Seen Theme)

1976, 04:00 minutes, colour, English

Electronic Sunsets 25

1974, 04:00 minutes, colour, English

Electronic Sunsets 21

1974, 08:00 minutes, colour, English

Critical Writing

Hot Art In A Cool Medium
by Brian D. Johnson and Mark Budgen. Maclean's, Mar. 3, 1986.
Video In Canada: In Search of Authority
by Renee Baert. From Sea to Shining Sea, 1986. Toronto: The Power Plant, 1986.
Collision In The Capital: Politics and Art Hit head-On in Video...
by Geoff Pevere. Fuse, Summer 1985, v. 9, no. 1 & 2.
Canadian Video Art
by René Coëlho. Amsterdam: NP, 1985.
Consolidation and Resistance:: Video in Toronto, An Overview
by Elke Town. Canadian Video Art, 1985. S.N, 1985.
British/Canadian Video Exchange '84: Video in Toronto, An Overview
by Renee Baert. Parachute, Fall 1984, v. 36.
Mythologies and Militarism: "Just Some Women Trying to Change History"
by Lisa Steele. Fuse, Fall 1984, v. 8, no. 3.
Introduction
by Jane Wright. British/Canadian Video Exchange '84, 1984. Toronto: A Space, 1984.
Video In/ Video Out
by unknown. Canadian Images, 1984.
Video In/ Video Out
by Jane Wright and Jeremy Walsh. British/Canadian Video Exchange '84, 1984. Toronto: A Space, 1984.
Video In/ Video Out
by Jane Wright and Jeremy Walsh. British/Canadian Video Exchange '84, 1984. London: Canada House Cultural Centre, 1984.
Community-Based Feminist Video Production in Toronto
by Marusia Bociurkin. Video Guide, Oct. 1984, v. 6, no. 5.
A Space chooses evolution over revolution: New shows a return to...
by John Bentley Mays. The Globe and Mail, Nov. 26, 1983.
Videoscape
by Marty Dunn et al. Toronto Ontario: Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), 1974.