Video Catalogue
2000, 06:30 minutes, colour
tapecode 383.11
The Principal Dancer features a waitress at work, cleaning a school cafeteria. Memories of childhood friends at play are interspersed with images of her feet in the sand of a beach. Ghostly images of other workers wander through a dreamy existence. The radio is stuck between stations as the heroine's mind wanders. While the… ⊕
The tape deals with displacing oneself in a big city. It relates to personal experience but questions the motivation of people in general, to survive.Travelling shots from inside of a car, stills of architecture, and texts are used with a soundtrack of city ambience. The text was written in English and then translated into… ⊕
1987, 07:00 minutes, colour
tapecode 383.01
Alchemy: End of a Phase is a metaphor used to illustrate metamorphosis.Alchemy is the term used to describe the Medieval science of chemistry that allows one to transform something common into something special. It also is considered to be a lost art. This tape of the same name is a personal recount of the director's decision… ⊕
Homecoming is an autobiographical tape. It describes certain aspects of my life experience and my condition as an artist returning to Halifax after an absence of thirteen years." V.B.