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Intersections: 25 years of connecting at the Centre for Art Tapes

by James MacSwain

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

STORMWATCHJan Peacock

Wallace + TheresaJan Peacock

SIRENSONGJan Peacock

PhallusJames MacSwain

Gay GenerationsJim MacSwain and Neil MacInnis

Chinese CharactersRichard Fung

La CageLa Cage

Holy JoeJoe Sarahan

Bon Voyage My LoveDavid Maclean

Snakes in the GrassBarry Nicols and Greg Woodbury

Any Hard Surface Will DoMichael Balser

Nurse Duck Approaches and Enters and Leaves the Garden of EdenWillyum Rowe

SurvivorsAlfons Adetuyi

The Colour of ImmunityGlace Lawrence

My Blues are Like Billie'sTaryn Della

What's Race Got To Do With It?Taryn Della

My Father's Hands, Speakers for the DeadDavid "Sudz" Sutherland

Love, Sex, and Eating the BonesDavid "Sudz" Sutherland

On Being BrownRita Malik

How Lesbian's KissLis van Berkel and Jane van Kansas

ApplyingMarie Koehler

Black BoxPam Edmond