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Magnetic North: Canadian Experimental Video
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Author: Jenny Lion
List Price: $25.95
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ISBN: 0816637792
Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr (Trd) (06 October, 2000)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 709,139
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 2 out of 5
Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover
I first found this book at my college's library, and thought that it would be very entertaining and artistic. Having received it for Christmas and looked it over thoroughly, I am sorely disappointed. The book is nothing more than artsy camera shots and people who are wannabe artists. No doubt, Canadian Experimental Video is interesting, but the people writing the text for this book were writing it in an incredibly fartsy manner. Some of the excerpts from the videos are just garbage, and some don't make any sense. Not that art has to make sense, but it was fartsy. NO ONE BUY THIS BOOK!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Excellent video art resource
This a must-have for anyone interested in video art. Chock-full of colour video stills, featuring some of the major artists working in this medium over the past 25 years. Includes Zacharias Kunuk, Colin Campbell, Thirza Cuthand, Kate Craig, Lisa Steele, Robert Morin/Lorraine Dufour, Manon Labrecque, Cathy Sisler, and more. Good editorial introduction from Walker Arts Centre curator Jenny Lion and many fine essays and interviews, some in experimental format.
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