‘TV Fighter is undoubtedly one of the few classics of British video art (Hall’s This is a Television Receiver is another). Not only does it merge the two distinct directions of the 70s video art movement – an exploration of the properties of video as a mechanical mode of expression, and a
confrontation with the illusionism of broadcast TV – but it has a simplicity, economy and energy as rare then as it is today. …
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Schematic Drawing of ‘Narcissus II’ Installation.pdf here. …
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Schematic Drawing of ‘Narcissus I’ Installation.pdf here. …
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‘Relative Surfaces is based on the interaction between the cameraman’s mirrored image and his past-time, pre-recorded image..’. David Hall, 1974. …
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‘Brian Hoey’ Film and Video Artists on tour card, February 1980. pdf here
Funding Application for £2000 video bursary – Oct. 1979.pdf here
Catalogue for ‘Video Art 78’, an international festival of video art, Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry. Includes information on ‘Spered Hollvedel’.pdf here …
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“Much of my work is based on Celtic culture. I consider it important to be aware of one’s cultural heritage in order to provide a sound foundation for coping with life in a society that continually swamps one with new influences and concepts. Early Celtic art and science was very concerned with the elemental forces of radiant energy and magnetism – the same energies that make up the video image. Tir Na Nog is one of the mysterious ‘Isles of the Blest’ …
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