Intersections: 25 years of connecting at the Centre for Art Tapes
Halifax: Pottersfield Press and the Centre for Art Tapes, 2004
ISBN 1895900654
This publication celebrates and reflects upon 25 years of artistic production and programming at the Centre for Art Tapes, founded in 1979. It features stories from those intimately connected to the centre, who describe how it came to operate as a community resource and nurture experimentation. These stories highlight the centre's history of feminist and gay cultural production, and collaboration with art organizations across Canada.
Contents:
Introduction by James MacSwain;
In the Beginning... by Bruce Campbell;
Snapshots from Home by Ann Verrall;
New Tools: Past and Present by Doug Porter;
Speaking of: A Memoir of working at 2156 Brunswick St. by Jan Peacock;
Art by Gay Men by Robin Metcalfe;
White Noise in Africadia: Black Voices In and Out of Centre by Pamela Edmonds;
Cultivating Community by Catherine Phoenix;
Full Screen by Feminist Video Production at the CEntre for Art Tapes by Heather Anderson;
The Ear Relationship by Lis van Berkel;
Diary of an Accidental Administrator by Becka Barker;
Acknowledgements.
ITEM 2004.179 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
STORMWATCH – Jan Peacock
Wallace + Theresa – Jan Peacock
SIRENSONG – Jan Peacock
Phallus – James MacSwain
Gay Generations – Jim MacSwain and Neil MacInnis
Chinese Characters – Richard Fung
La Cage – La Cage
Holy Joe – Joe Sarahan
Bon Voyage My Love – David Maclean
Snakes in the Grass – Barry Nicols and Greg Woodbury
Any Hard Surface Will Do – Michael Balser
Nurse Duck Approaches and Enters and Leaves the Garden of Eden – Willyum Rowe
Survivors – Alfons Adetuyi
The Colour of Immunity – Glace Lawrence
My Blues are Like Billie's – Taryn Della
What's Race Got To Do With It? – Taryn Della
My Father's Hands, Speakers for the Dead – David "Sudz" Sutherland
Love, Sex, and Eating the Bones – David "Sudz" Sutherland
On Being Brown – Rita Malik
How Lesbian's Kiss – Lis van Berkel and Jane van Kansas
Applying – Marie Koehler
Black Box – Pam Edmond