Critical Writing Index

Winnipeg Perspective 1985 Video

by Shirley Madill

The Winnipeg Perspective, 1985, pp. 3-5

Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1985

This article from the catalogue for the exhibition The Winnipeg Perspective presents a brief history of the video medium, addresses the issue of how video changes the definition of art, and discusses current production in Canadian video art.

ITEM 1985.019 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Freeze Frame – Susan Britton

International Band – Susan Britton

PM Magazine/Acid Rock – Dara Birnbaum

Baby Eyes – Elizabeth Vander Zaag

Through The Holes – Elizabeth Vander Zaag

Polytechnic World, – Rick Raxlen

Jaffa Gate – Rick Raxlen

Le Jardin De Paradis – Raphael Bendham

Thin Air -and Lawn – Eric Cameron

Media Ecology Ads: Fuse; Timer; Slow Down – Antonio Muntadas

Scavengers – Tomiyo Sasaki

Elephants – Noel Harding

Sax Island – Eric Metcalfe and Hank Bull

Once Upon a Time – Randy and Bernicci

The Last Screening Room: A Valentine – Paul Wong

Ballistics – Vera Frenkel

Dating and Mate Selection – Gerry Kisil

Live Wire – Gerry Kisil

Making the Rounds – Alex Poruchnyk

24 Hour Beauty Blitz – Al Rushton

Core – Jeff Funnell and John Will

Wendy Geller

Vern Hume