Goldfish memoirs
Creator:
Adams, JohnContributor(s):
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Camera: Ken SlaterSound: Elaine Drainville
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This work is part of the rewind archive.
Duration: 25 mins
Year: 1993
Original formats:Betacam SP
Media types:Video
Type of work:Installation. Also exhibited as a stand alone single screen version.
Funding source: Northern Arts, Arts Council, Tyne International
First exhibited: 1993, Tyne International Exhibition, Newcastle
Technical details: Two video monitors were suspended in a large perspex tank, filled with transformer oil. Speakers were suspended above the viewer. Piece was recorded in the space of the first exhibition.
Installation version was entitled ‘Goldfish Memoirs and the Think Tank’
Time and Tide, The Tyne International Exhibition, Newcastle Upon Tyne 18th June – 5th September 1993 pdf here.
Time and Tide, The Tyne International Exhibition of Contemporary Art Catalogue 1993: Section of script from John Adams work Goldfish Memoirs & The Think Tank pdf here.
Introduction written by Tom Van Vliet for programme of the 12th World Wide Video Festival, The Netherlands 1994 pdf here.
Programme for Ninth Fringe Film and Video Festival, The Collective Gallery and Filmhouse, Edinburgh 1st-5th December 1993 pdf here.
5th Junior Dublin Film Festival, Irish Film Centre, UCI Tallaght, UCI Coolock, Dublin 14th-25th November 1994 pdf here.
Catalogue pages accompanying the exhibition at the 12th World Wide Film Festival, The Netherlands, 1994 pdf here.
Time and Tide, The Tyne International Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Tyne International Catalogue 1993: Section of script from John Adams work Goldfish Memoirs & The Think Tank pdf here.
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