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Sablier

Daniel Dugas

2017, 04:00 minutes, colour

tapecode 383.88

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Sablier is a text about place, time and becoming. It is part of The Spirit of the Time / L’esprit du temps, a writing project based on colour. I have used commercially available colour palettes from Benjamin Moore, Ralph Lauren, Behr, Earthpaint, Taubmans, and others as based elements to create a geo-poetry of Sydney but… ⊕

In Kisii

Daniel Dugas

2016, 05:15 minutes, colour

tapecode 383.87

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In Kisii is a poetic voyage through Kisii town, Kenya. From the still image of a truck stopped on the curbside of the bustling city, images from three moments in time rise to the surface.This video was realized following participation in the Kistrech Poetry Festival.

Impossible Colors (Installation)

Daniel Dugas

2016, colour

tapecode 383.86

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Reddish-Green and Yellowish-Blue are known as impossible colors or forbidden colors. Set side by side, it is said that the human eye could not see them, that their light frequencies would cancel each other, rendering them invisible. Researchers say that they can be seen if one looks ‘the right way’.The boundaries… ⊕

Impossible Colors

Daniel Dugas

2016, 11:30 minutes, colour

tapecode 383.68

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Reddish-Green and Yellowish-Blue are known as impossible colors or forbidden colors. Set side by side, it is said that the human eye could not see them, that their light frequencies would cancel each other, rendering them invisible. Researchers say that they can be seen if one looks ‘the right way’.The boundaries… ⊕

Apples and Oranges

Daniel Dugas

2015, 03:55 minutes, colour

tapecode 383.67

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Apples and Oranges examines the question of boundaries. It is a video about freedom and captivity, about wilderness and confinement, about a prison existing next to a National Park.Apples and Oranges can screen as a single channel, or as a three-channel video installation.

A Trip to the Zoo

Daniel Dugas

2014, 02:15 minutes, Colour

tapecode 383.50

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In A Trip to the Zoo, the faded images from an View Master stereoscope are described as if untouched by time.

Fire: If money is the symbol of trust, poverty is the state of distrust

Daniel Dugas

2014, 02:45 minutes, Colour

tapecode 383.49

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This series of two videos: Fire and Daylight, looks at the world through the transparent windows on banknotes. Transparency has become democracy’s latest value, a panacea for every malaise. But what is this openness all about? Is this a window that we look through, or is it a screen where we project our dreams? Is… ⊕

Daylight: If money is the symbol of trust, poverty is the state of distrust

Daniel Dugas

2014, 01:00 minutes, Colour

tapecode 383.48

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This series of two videos: Fire and Daylight, looks at the world through the transparent windows on banknotes. Transparency has become democracy’s latest value, a panacea for every malaise. But what is this openness all about? Is this a window that we look through, or is it a screen where we project our dreams? Is… ⊕

Insomnie / Insomnia

Daniel Dugas

2012, 02:45 minutes, Colour

tapecode 383.47

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Thinking about the Big Bang theory adds to the anguish of not being able to sleep. What would happen to dreaming if time itself disappeared?

Glissement

Daniel Dugas

2012, 02:00 minutes, Colour

tapecode 383.46

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My uncle Camille was a gifted organist, photographer and a very private man. When he died, his photographs and slides were distributed to family members, but there was little context for the material. I received images of Madrid, Rome and Paris. While most of them had a touristic quality, others were more personal. I noticed… ⊕

Évanescence

Daniel Dugas

2012, 02:28 minutes, Colour

tapecode 383.45

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Evanescence is a video that looks at the relationship between living things and the fragility of life. The spoken text is in French and the subtitles are in Spanish.

Hublot

Daniel Dugas

2012, 01:45 minutes, Colour

tapecode 383.44

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The video Hublot is based on Anton Delvig’s 1825 poem, Le Rossignol. Put to music by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Aliabev, the song was written for interpretation by the voice of a coloratura soprano. The poem speaks of the haunting voice of a nightingale, a voice capable of crossing oceans and filling the hearts of those… ⊕

Standard de vérité / Standard of Truth

Daniel Dugas

2012, 02:19 minutes, Colour

tapecode 383.43

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Standard of Truth is a video about archives and innocence. Children do not have any archives, they are born free. They do not have to worry about all of those boxes of paper stating this or that truth, they do not have to pay storage fees, or check the levels of relative humidity in the vaults. The past has not yet arrived.… ⊕

MediaPackBoard at the World Portable Gallery Convention, 2012

LeBlanc / Dugas

2012, 07:53 minutes, Colour

tapecode 383.32

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The World Portable Gallery Convention 2012 was an international convention of portable galleries and alternative spaces hosted by Eyelevel Gallery during the month of September. The project celebrated the variety of spaces into which curators around the globe have extended public interaction outside of the walls of art… ⊕

Gull

Daniel Dugas

2011, 02:08 minutes, Colour

tapecode 383.42

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An unsuspecting seagull finds himself caught in the middle of the 'angry man' scene from the movie Paris Texas. The bridge scene was tweaked with Max/MSP JITTER to move forward and back.

They are Outlaws - Hors la loi

Daniel Dugas

2011, 04:02 minutes, Colour

tapecode 383.41

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They Are Outlaws is a video created in reaction to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The text, featured in the video is an excerpt of Crowds and Power by Elias Canetti. The video was created as an integral part of a larger conversation that involved the curating of an international program of short… ⊕

Liaisons

Daniel Dugas

2011, 01:06 minutes, Colour

tapecode 383.40

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Love triangle, passionate knick-knacks, Dante et Antoinette et Sirène.

Tablets - Wheels

Daniel Dugas

2011, 01:44 minutes, Colour

tapecode 383.39

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The caveman tablet series is a tongue-in-cheek collection of videos extolling the magical properties of technology. Clips shot on location in Shepody Bay, NB. have been juxtaposed with archival public domain videos.Wheels: With great difficulty, a prehistoric man is drawing a wheel on a stone tablet. Another caveman arrives… ⊕

Tablets - Rock

Daniel Dugas

2011, 01:09 minutes, Colour

tapecode 383.38

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The caveman tablet series is a tongue-in-cheek collection of videos extolling the magical properties of technology. Clips shot on location in Shepody Bay, NB. have been juxtaposed with archival public domain videos. Rock: A prehistoric man is trying to move a large rock on the side of a mountain. Another caveman approaches… ⊕

Tablets - Hunger

Daniel Dugas

2011, 01:28 minutes, Colour

tapecode 383.37

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The caveman tablet series: Hunger, Rock and Wheels is a tongue-in-cheek collection of videos extolling the magical properties of technology. Clips shot on location in Shepody Bay, NB. have been juxtaposed with archival public domain videos. Hunger -A prehistoric man stands alongside of a stream, hoping to catch a fish. Seeing… ⊕

A Chandelier Accident

Daniel Dugas

2007, 02:30 minutes

tapecode 383.24

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Chandeliers from an antique shop in New Orleans are juxtaposed with the news of David Hasselhoff’s chandelier accident.

Slowwalk

Daniel Dugas

2007, 02:25 minutes

tapecode 383.23

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The walker and the camera each move at his own pace.

Paris Grince / Paris Squeaks

Daniel Dugas

2007, 01:40 minutes, colour

tapecode 383.22

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The Eiffel Tower, that famous icon swings and squeaks in a perfect, blue sky. This work has three versions: Google, sphere and workers, each available in French or English.

MUDSC - Même un détour serait correct

Daniel Dugas

2005, 32:00 minutes

tapecode 383.17

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MUDSC: Même un détour serait correct - translated: ‘Even a detour would be all right’ is a poetic expedition into urban sprawl and gated communities, those private cities of our new world where the fear of the others is pushed to the extreme. Those are the places where surveillance cameras, remote… ⊕

Le siège de leur esprit

Daniel Dugas

2003, 04:00 minutes

tapecode 383.14

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Le siege de leur esprit - The place of their spirit, is a poetic assessment of the power imbalance woven into the fabric of culture.

Easy Not Easy

Daniel Dugas

2003, 02:45 minutes

tapecode 383.12

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For some it is facile and for others it is difficult. Easy Not Easy is a tape about Institutions of Power, Economic Systems, and how the two direct and permeate society and culture.

The Walls Have Ears

Daniel Dugas

2002, 04:00 minutes, colour

tapecode 383.10

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Everybody is suspected of being an enemy of the State, or an undercover agent. It is not "J'ACCUSE" any more, it is "I DENOUNCE". The Walls Have Ears was realized in the framework of the Activist Menu, Media Arts Activism and Community Collaborations held in response to the 2002 Kananaskis Country G8 Summit.

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