Video Catalogue
The proverbial ‘squid out of water’ takes a walk on the wild side when she is somehow granted the gift of mobility into the land of human culture for a day.
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… ⊕
Annotation is a performative video poem that started with reflection on a text by French writer Charles Péguy (1873 - 1914). In Oeuvres Posthumes, Péguy says God maybe likes more those who suffer the truth more than those who speak the truth. Péguy wrote that history has long arms and no arms. In the… ⊕
2004, 06:40 minutes
tapecode 383.16
Facing down the idea of dragging a crate of over one hundred three-quarter inch U-matic master tapes and raw footage along on yet another move, I came with the alternative of creating new digital masters and destroying the originals. Bye Bye Three-Quarter Inch began with the documentation of that task.Facts and Artifacts in the… ⊕
2016, 02:00 minutes, colour
tapecode 383.65
To give a measure of doubt in favour of human organization, we could say that what floats in the bay among the seaweed is accidental. And if the jellyfish and sea birds find value there, what does it say for our cultural legacy?