Type of Work: Video

Laugh

“As a prizewinner in the Westward TV Open Art Competition, (film & video) I participated in an edition of the Westward TV monthly arts program, Spectrum, which included the screening of 5 minutes from ÎLaughÌ. The discussion that followed included Mike Leggett, Rod Allen (editor of Broadcast magazine), Clive Gunnel (Westward TV anchor man) and a Westward TV presenter. This encounter with broadcast television led to the subsequent publication of ÎWayward Action!Ì, a report on the whole sorry affair.” …

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Radio (Watching the Radio, Listening to the TV)

Radio (Watching the Radio, Listening to the TV)

“A voice is heard telling a story. (It is the artist reading from Erota/Afini, the book of the film by Mike Leggett.) The camera pans down to reveal a tape recorder, which the artist then switches off, the voice ceasing. The camera is panned toward a chair in front of a tv set, which is framed and the camera locked off. The artist then sits in the chair: “ThatÌs enough of watching the radio and listening to the telly, …

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Porter Pack

Porter Pack

This work is compilation of the following:
1. ÎSwitch onÌ of the Portapak including momentary physical manipulation of the tape over the record head, producing breakup in the image. (This image is later photographed from the screen to be used to illustrate the article ÎInterferenceÌ, written for the Studio International Video issue.) Title of the compilation follows, then a sequence walking outside the house into the exterior garden, viewing the Portapak on the artistÌs shoulder, …

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