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Program 6: The Medium Is...

The diverse natures and conditions of the video medium—from activist intervention to feedback loops to broadcast TV—are explored in this program. Mass media (broadcast, cinematic, pornographic) is dealt with as spectacle, tool, adversary, comedy of errors, opportunity, or condition. In some works, access to even the most basic technology provides ample possibility for communication, while other works inventively reveal the complex visual, material, and technical possibilities of the video apparatus itself.

PROGRAM

  • Whitewash

    Directed by Alain Pelletier.
    Québec, 1999, video, color, 23 min.
  • Television Spots (excerpts)

    Directed by Stan Douglas.
    British Columbia, 1987, video, color, 2 min.
  • Piujuq and Angutautuq (excerpt)

    Directed by Arnait Ikajurtigiit.
    Nunavut, 1994, video, color, 11 min.
  • Danny Kaye's Eyes

    Directed by Dana Claxton.
    British Columbia, 1997, video, color, 10 min.
  • Buffalo Bone China

    Directed by Ho Tam.
    US/British Columbia, 1998, video, color, 3 min.
  • The Jungle Boy

    Directed by John Greyson.
    Ontario, 1986, video, color, 16 min.
  • En deça du réel (On this side of the real)

    Directed by Manon Labrecque.
    Québec, 1997, video, color, 12 min.
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  • In Response to the Dumbest Question of the 20th Century

    Directed by Marcel Fayant.
    Alberta, 1999, video, color, 4 min.
  • Réaction 26

    Directed by Charles Binamé.
    Québec, 1971, video, color, 4 min.

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