New Realities in Canadian Video Art

Description:

As part of the Vancouver Fringe Festival, Western Front presented a three-part, late night program of screenings highlighting Canadian video art. The program featured work by Luc Bourdon, François Girard, General Idea, Randy Gledhill and Berenicci Hershorn, Ardele Lister, Edward Mowbray, Elizabeth Vander Zaag, and John Watt.

Program:

Sep 12 – 13, 1986

11:00 p.m. – 12:40 a.m.

François Girard and Luc Bourdon, Distance (1984). 5 min.

Luc Bourdon, Touei (1985) 4 min. 15 sec.

François Girard, Le Train (1985). 5 min. 45 sec.

General Idea, Test Tube (1979). 28 min.

General Idea, Cornucopia (1982). 10 min.

General Idea, Shut the Fuck Up (1986). 14 min.

Ardele Lister, Hell (1984–85). 17 min.

Sep 15 – 16, 1986

11:00 p.m. – 12:50 a.m.

Elizabeth Vander Zaag, Baby Eyes (1983). 3 min. 30 sec.

Elizabeth Vander Zaag, TLC (1985). 4 min.

Elizabeth Vander Zaag, Hot Chicks on TV (1986). 6 min. 30 sec.

John Watt, Industrial Track (1981). 1 hr. 31 min. 

Sep 21 – 22, 1986

10:30 p.m. – 12:35 a.m.

Randy Gledhill and Berenicci Hershorn, Videage (1981). 38 min.

Randy Gledhill and Berenicci Hershorn, Unabashed Heroics (1982). 20 min.

Randy Gledhill and Berenicci Hershorn, Once Upon a Time (1984). 18 min. 30 sec.

Randy Gledhill and Berenicci Hershorn, New Work in Progress (1986). 10 min.

Edward Mowbray, W (1983). 8 min.

Edward Mowbray, Excerpts and Euphoria (1983). 9 min.

Edward Mowbray, Big World (1984). 18 min.

Curated by Glenn Lewis.