Video primer: A Series of 5 Video Programs: Personal Stories
Video Primer, 2002, p. 5
Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 2002
The article describes the tendency for some artists to use the video camera as a means of often diaristic discovery and exploration, as well as a site for the merging of their histories with memory and emotion. Examples include works by Lisa Steele, Sadie Benning, Sylvie Laliberte, Howie Shia and Mary Kanuk.
ITEM 2002.139 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
A New Year (1989) – Sadie Benning
Papillon cerise (1997) – Sylvie Laliberte
The Ballad of Dan Peoples (1976) – Lisa Steele
Grandma's Big Day Out (1999) – Howie Shia
Aqtuqsi (1996) – Mary Kanuk