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David Askevold

David Askevold

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Movies Made By David Askevold (23)

Two Hanks (2003)

This piece is about placing two major recording artists on the same stage together after they have been dead for some time. Since Hank Snow and Hank Williams never performed together during their lifetimes this was a way to bring them together with their t ...

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Lipstick for the Border (2002)

"The preparation for this video was primarily psychological - to create an atmosphere of expectations of powerlessness to induce a frame of mind resulting in the appearance of a drug induced state. The camera work acts as a controller manipulator producing ...

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Cultural Geographies (1995)

Documentation of an exhibition at the Confederation Centre of the Arts, Canada, 1993-1995. ...

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Finn Slough (1995)

Four channel video taped in the summer of 1995 along British Columbia's Fraser River. ...

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Don't Eat Crow (1994)

"Don't Eat Crow", a somewhat situational piece, consists of an audio narration by Katherine Grevatt, an unpublished novelist who lives along the South Shore of Nova Scotia. For a full day David Askevold set up a feeder to see the reaction of the crows (who ...

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Sixteen Candles (1990)

Sixteen Candles is a recording of a constructed candle chandelier which is suspended by a cord, wound up and allowed to wind down for recording in continuous edited time. The sixteen birthday candles while burning down and finally going out, create a moody ...

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Six Fifty (1989)

This composition is about the hollowness of material wealth, the poverty of alienation and the different forms they take. This concept is mainly represented by two individuals; a middle aged man who `monologues to an empty chair "(Talking to God)" in a tra ...

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How Long Have You Known Barbara? (1987)

A man who works for an "issues" related magazine comes to Herring Cove, N.S. to look at photographs by a female photographer for possible publication. ...

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1/4 Moon (1986)

A musician plays a violin to a black dog, a white horse, a sheep, lamb and chickens in a barn yard while it is raining at a small farm yard in Clam Harbour, Nova Scotia. The handheld camera wanders, documenting the violin player and the animal audience. ...

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Jumped Out (1985)

"This tape is comprised of a sensual drift of images which allude to or trace evidence of psychic energy that surfaces within the image. The tape begins with a tableau of architectural stone to a saxophone player (Charlie Braden, a musician from Minneapoli ...

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Rhea (1982)

In Rhea (1982), Askevold elaborates on his interest in allusion and implication, using images that seem to be fragments of a larger narrative to suggest, rather than tell, a story. This piece consists of a series of close-up shots of numerous people, each ...

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Bliss D.F.² (1979)

"The performer describes how to shrink a head, using an avocado and its pit that is recorded on one audio channel. The other props include a table cloth a pan of water and a wine cork. The second audio channel plays a tape made by Tamara Rand, a sex therap ...

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Very Soon You Will (1977)

The room is dark and a recording of 14 tuning forks is playing in the room. The subject is asked to lie on a cot and relax. An overhead spotlight illuminates the face. She is asked to imagine a soft focus screen behind her eyelids where images will come an ...

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Green Willow for Delaware (1974)

"it continued to rain all day for some reason people started to talk about Delaware no one knew anything about it no one had been there or knew anyone from there... ...

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It’s No Use Crying (1972)

The performer's upside down frontal head fills the monitor, staring into the camera trying not to blink for the duration of a recording of Ray Charles' "It's No Use Crying". ...

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Learning About Cars and Chocolates (1972)

"The performer is framed within the open window facing the camera one story above the street below. When a car, van or truck passes below, he asks, 'what color is that car?' An off-camera voice, Jack Wendler, the gallery owner, describes the vehicle while ...

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Rubber Band (1971)

"Holding a rubber band between my thumbs and forefingers, I strum it as fast as I can close to the microphone. The camera is static and runs until the S8 cartridge runs out. The sound is recorded on tape separate from the film, so the audio which sounds li ...

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Fork Pairs (1971)

"I strike the first pair of tuning forks on the edge of a table, raise and point them close to the microphone for their audible duration. they are placed in the middle of the frame in back of the mic. and the second pair is picked up repeating the same act ...

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Fill (1970)

"Fill is my first video; the monitor becomes a picture-sound box. The screen is filled by laying sheets of aluminum foil on a microphone and wrapped one at a time and then unwrapped. The audio implodes during the wrapping and explodes as the sheets are pul ...

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Catapult (1970)

"A disk of wax soaked with lighter fluid is placed on one end of the balanced plywood. I run toward and Jump on the other end, catapulting the wax over my head in hopes of striking a strip of toilet paper, lighting and burning it. (the strips of toilet pap ...

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Nova Scotia Fires (1969)

"Along the South Shore of Nova Scotia, I poured a mixture of gasoline and oil on various stone configurations and along some beaches, lit them and filmed the results. I composed a soundtrack with a small synthesizer, tuning forks and voice, processed throu ...

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Knife Throw (1969)

"The static camera is placed in a room lit by an overhead controlled lighting system. Two flashlights are strapped to my ankles and the other to one wrist. I begin throwing the tree knives at 20 feet away from the panel and move toward the panel at 2 foot ...

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Movies Starring David Askevold (5)

Learning About Cars and Chocolates (1972)

"The performer is framed within the open window facing the camera one story above the street below. When a car, van or truck passes below, he asks, 'what color is that car?' An off-camera voice, Jack Wendler, the gallery owner, describes the vehicle while ...

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Rubber Band (1971)

"Holding a rubber band between my thumbs and forefingers, I strum it as fast as I can close to the microphone. The camera is static and runs until the S8 cartridge runs out. The sound is recorded on tape separate from the film, so the audio which sounds li ...

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Fork Pairs (1971)

"I strike the first pair of tuning forks on the edge of a table, raise and point them close to the microphone for their audible duration. they are placed in the middle of the frame in back of the mic. and the second pair is picked up repeating the same act ...

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Catapult (1970)

"A disk of wax soaked with lighter fluid is placed on one end of the balanced plywood. I run toward and Jump on the other end, catapulting the wax over my head in hopes of striking a strip of toilet paper, lighting and burning it. (the strips of toilet pap ...

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Knife Throw (1969)

"The static camera is placed in a room lit by an overhead controlled lighting system. Two flashlights are strapped to my ankles and the other to one wrist. I begin throwing the tree knives at 20 feet away from the panel and move toward the panel at 2 foot ...

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