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Videotapes from Australia

1 November 1979 – 1 March 1980

Video Tapes from Australia a collection of Australian video compiled in 1979 by Stephen Jones (then at PVAC) and Bernice Murphy (then at AGNSW). Under the auspices of the Australian Gallery Directors Council, it travelled overseas to the US, with exhibitions at

  • The Kitchen, New York;
  • LAICA, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art;
  • Bay Area Video Coalition, San Francisco (one day showing).

    • The collection then went to Canada where it was shown at the

  • Video Inn, Vancouver.

    • On its return to Australia it was shown as

  • Project 30 at the Art Gallery of NSW in August, 1980
  • Ewing and George Paton Galleries Melbourne, and
  • the University of Queensland Art Gallery

    • At the same time a second copy of the collection was shown during the 1980 Venice Biennale in the Archivio storico delle arti contemporanee (over 22-31 July, 1980) as

  • Videotapes dall'Australia

    • It was presented by Anna Canepa and slightly re-jigged from the collection that went to the US and Canada.

    The artists and their works were:

    Ariel The Dream 30 min. compilation. Colour. stereo.
    Warren Burt Nocturnal B (BA:6:7A) 38 min. colour. stereo.
    Malcolm Ellis & Bob Pollock The Fish 20 min. B/W. stereo
    John Fisher & Michael Jacob Making it Happen / Letting it Happen 38 min. B/W. mono.
    John Fisher Inner-Outer / Before & After 12 min. B/W. mono.
    Michael Glasheen Uluru 24 min. colour, stereo.
    Shawn Gray Spider 10 min. colour. mono.
    Symbolist Daydream 10 min. colour, mono.
    Miles Green Scotch Thistle 3 min. colour. stereo.
    Construction 5 min. colour. stereo.
    Dialogue 6 min. B/W. stereo.
    Marr Grounds & Paul Pholeros Sculpture at the Top Ends 30 min. colour. mono.
    Jim Hughes Ritual 25 min. colour. mono.
    Dragan Ilic Electronic Pencils X 30 min. colour. mono.
    Stephen Jones

    Stonehenge

    		 15 min. colour. stereo.
    TV Buddha (for Nam June Paik) 12 min, colour, stereo.
    Tai Chi Transforms 14 min. colour. stereo.
    Untitled (Dance piece) 15 min. colour. stereo.
    Gill Leahy & Pam Brown Cattle Annie 8 min. sepia. mono.
    Glen Lewis Mindfields

    24 min. B/W. three tapes
    to be played in continuous succession colour. stereo.
    Media Collective The Greatest Advertising Campaign the Country’s Ever Known. 38 min. B/W & colour. mono.
    Mike Parr Cathartic Action / Social Gesture 5 30 min. colour. mono.
    Dave E. Perry Interior with Views 5 min. B/W. stereo.
    Jeune Pritchard & Luce Pelissier Queensland Dossier 48 min. colour. stereo.
    Robert Randall & Frank Bendinelli Floral Recollections 20 min. colour. stereo
    Venus Reclining 35 min. colour. stereo.
    Echoes 12 min. colour. stereo.
    Kimble Rendall & Carole Sklan Grandma Rose, Elsie Mae & Lottie. 40 min. colour. stereo.
    Dasha Ross & Alexandra Hines Keep It Down To A Shout. 20 min. colour. stereo.
    With the Deaf Theatre of NSW.
    Bruce Tolley

    Light’s Square Mile

    		  1978, colour, stereo, 8 min.
     Sophia Turkiewicz  Immigrant Chronicle  1977, colour, mono, 13 min.

    Arthur Wicks

    Sand Memories at Durras.

    Sand Memories at Durras at Brome St 

    		 

    1978, B/W and colour, stereo, 50 min. Two tapes to be played simultaneously.
    Author 
    compiled Stephen Jones
    Group
    Selected relationships
    Included
    Michael Glasheen
    Included
    Warren Burt
    Included
    Marr Grounds
    Selected objects
    Included
    Sculpture at the Top Ends
    Article about
    Videotapes from Australia. Report on return. (1980)
    Included
    The Media Collective: The greatest advertising campaign this country's ever known.
    Included
    Queensland Dossier
    Included
    Gentleperson's Halt
    Included
    Grandma Rose, Elsie Mae and Lottie
    Included
    Bruce Tolley - Light's Square Mile (1978)
    Included
    The Dream
    Included
    Two Nocturnals- A-3:5:9 and B-4:6:7
    Selected events
    The First Australian Video Festival
    Project 30: Some Recent Australian Videotapes
    Scanlight: New Developments in Video Art
    Still from Sculpture at the Top Ends.
    Still from Sculpture at the Top Ends. – from Sculpture at the Top Ends 
    Crowd scene at the 1st anniversary rally from The Greatest Advertising Campaign ... [from the video]
    Crowd scene at the 1st anniversary rally from The Greatest Advertising Campaign ... [from the video] – from The Media Collective: The greatest advertising campaign this country's ever known. 
    cover image of Queensland Dossier promo.
    cover image of Queensland Dossier promo. – from Queensland Dossier 
    Still from Gentleperson's Halt - Arriving on shore.
    Still from Gentleperson's Halt - Arriving on shore. – from Gentleperson's Halt 
    Grandma Rose responding during one of the edited interviews used in the video.
    Grandma Rose responding during one of the edited interviews used in the video. – from Grandma Rose, Elsie Mae and Lottie 
    Still frame from Bruce Tolley's Light's Square Mile. Videotapes from Australia catalogue image.
    Still frame from Bruce Tolley's Light's Square Mile. Videotapes from Australia catalogue image. – from Bruce Tolley - Light's Square Mile (1978) 
    still frame from Ariel's The Dream, (1977)
    still frame from Ariel's The Dream, (1977) – from The Dream 
    Still frame from Nocturnal A (1977)
    Still frame from Nocturnal A (1977) – from Two Nocturnals- A-3:5:9 and B-4:6:7 
    The cover for the Videotapes from Australia - North American tour
    The cover for the Videotapes from Australia - North American tour 
    Announcement for Videotapes from Australia at The Kitchen, New York, 1979
    Announcement for Videotapes from Australia at The Kitchen, New York, 1979 
    Installation shot of the documentation at The Kitchen, New York, 1979.
    Installation shot of the documentation at The Kitchen, New York, 1979. 

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