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Snow Scale (1974)
Soundtapes (1982)
‘Made in response to a cassette full of soundworks sent to me by David Cunningham sometime in 1981. …
Static Acceleration
“Static Acceleration was first made in a 17 minute version on a half-inch open reel edit deck. A relatively new medium for artists at that time, …
Struggling
Flyer for exhibition (Arts Council) 1980. pdf here.
Page for The Video Show Catalogue, Exhibition, 1-25th of May 1975, …
Teeming
Flyer for exhibition (Arts Council) 1980. pdf here.
Article ‘Video Work Cycling Teeming, Dawn Creation’, Description, …
The Byker Wall
An episode of BBC series “Building Sites”
I was asked by the Beeb to be their video consultant (early days) but then we both realised they had very little video equipment outside of simple playback machines – …
The Fashion Show
The initial inspiration of this early work by VIDA (Flaxton, Cooper and Deadman) was in fact a critique of fashion and the fashion industry (to also be seen in ‘Talking Heads, …
The Gap
Parts of this were shot in 1980 and 1981 – black and white, it all fits…
-Terry Flaxton
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The Object of Desire
“After having developed The Inevitability of Colour a stage further with Echo’s Revenge, I realised I had another step to go – I had to visualise the fascination that Narcissus had experienced whilst being enchanted by his own image – a punishment from Nemesis in response to the prayers from a youth whom Narcissus had spurned. …
The Question is… Is this art? Is this entertainment?
Leaflet detailing information on the artist and recent works, including ‘The Question Is’.pdf here …
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