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Type: Moving Image
Extent: 1 3/4 inch videotape: U-matic
Format: video/mp4
Language: English
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Is Part Of: Joe Sarahan fonds
Source: The VIVO Media Arts Centre. Crista Dahl Media Library & Archives. Joe Sarahan fonds.
Rights: Videos provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these videos must be obtained from the Crista Dahl Media Library & Archives.
Description: This work investigates aspects of youth culture and its posture and effect on overt consumerism. It centers on the rise and demise of the punk/new wave scene, exploring tribal decoration and the exterior facade of youth culture. It shows us the makeup, hairdos, and fashion passively. Through the use of interviews, arresting imagery and music, we feel the desperation, angst, and decadence that is inherent in all reactionary youth cultures.
Title: Rise and Fall of an Empire
Creator: Joe Sarahan
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Producers: Joe Sarahan, Video Inn
Director and Editor: Joe Sarahan
Production Manager: Ann McDonald
Assistant Director: Paul Wong
V.T.R. Operator: Will Fearn
Lighting: Mark Mushet
Production Assistants: Jeanette Reinhardt, Garth Fleming, David Jackson
Assistant Editors: Jeanette Reinhardt, Ann McDonald, David Jackson
Audio Engineer: Jay Rigney
Soundtrack: Esruk
Production Photography: Carole Segal
Thank Yous, Dedications, and Other Credits: “Special thanks to the cast: Rob, Veronica, Paul, Judy, Elaine, Curt, Jojo, Miles, Sara, Cecilia and Video Inn, Canada Council, M and D, Charles Rea, Jim Oakley, Western Front, Tim Harvey, C.[Cornelia] Wyngaarden, Shelley Keene, Ron MacGregor.”
Duration: 00:11:00
Date Created: 1986
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Type: Moving Image
Original Format: 3/4 inch videotape: U-matic
Access Format: video/mp4
Language: English
Identifier: 1367
Is Part Of: Joe Sarahan fonds
Source: The VIVO Media Arts Centre. Crista Dahl Media Library & Archives. Joe Sarahan fonds.
Rights: Videos provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these videos must be obtained from the Crista Dahl Media Library & Archives.
Description: An ambient video of the common graphic form of the peace symbol. The work was simply intended to convey the idea of “Peace”. This single-channel video installation was originally commissioned by a friend for her home on East 11th Avenue, Vancouver. A monitor was mounted on a porta-stand in her front window facing the street. The monitor was altered by the addition of black card with a rectangular cut out to mimic a modern screen ratio. The work was also exhibited in the Netherlands.
Title: One Hour of Peace
Creator: Joe Sarahan
Contributors: N/A
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Duration: 00:60:00
Date Created: 1987
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Type: Moving Image
Original Format: 3/4 inch videotape: U-matic
Access Format: video/mp4
Language: English
Identifier: 2037
Is Part Of: Joe Sarahan fonds
Source: The VIVO Media Arts Centre. Crista Dahl Media Library & Archives. Joe Sarahan fonds.
Rights: Videos provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these videos must be obtained from the Crista Dahl Media Library & Archives.
Description: A searing vision of mass culture in a contemporary society. Holy Joe is a fast paced collage that dislocates our pre-described fetishistic response to religion, ritual and vice. This tape also challenges the seduction of consumerism and the media’s manipulation of the politics of sexual preference and class i.d. Carefully deconstructed to tackle each issue in a different way through dramatized scenes, interviews, staged poses; Sarahan’s production never takes the easy way out.
Title: Holy Joe
Creator: Joe Sarahan
Contributors:
Producer: A Western Front Video Production
Concept, Director, Camera, Editor: Joe Sarahan
Assistant to the Director, Editor: Blair Stapleton
Lighting: Mark Mushet
Set and props: Ann McDonald
Post Production Assistance: Cornelia Wyngaarden
Original soundtrack: Michael Clark, Gary Bourgeois, Brian Bolton
Audio Engineer: Doug James Brown
Production Assistance: Terry Ewasiuk, Shelley Kean, Patrick Hughes, Liz Vander Zaag, Deb Fong, Suzzi Milne
Computer Animation Assistance: Bob Richardson, Kye Goodwin
Production Stills: Brian Howell, Terry Ewasiuk
Cast: Kris Bergthorson, Grant MacDonald, Carol Hacket, Suzzi Milne, Ann McDonald
Thank Yous, Dedications, and Other Credits: “Thanks to Kris Bergthorson, Shelley Kean, M + D, Charles Rea, John Anderson, Walter Gulezko. Post/Production Facilities: Video In, Western Front.”
Duration: 00:10:36
Date Created: 1987
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Type: Moving Image
Original Format: 3/4 inch videotape: U-matic
Access Format: video/mp4
Language: English
Identifier: 1483
Is Part Of: Joe Sarahan fonds
Source: The VIVO Media Arts Centre. Crista Dahl Media Library & Archives. Joe Sarahan fonds.
Rights: Videos provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these videos must be obtained from the Crista Dahl Media Library & Archives.
Description: In a effort to dismantle cultural stereotypes and to question our relationship to television, the camera examines three subjects: a race car driver, a boxer and a fencer, giving them an equal amount of air time. The videography revels in seductive images of each sport.
French language version.
Title: III
Creator: Joe Sarahan
Contributors:
Producer: Le Videographe
Producer Delegate: Luc Bourdon
Concept, Director: Joe Sarahan
Interviewees: Jean Gilenas, Eribert Charles, Bruno Deschenes
Videographer: Claude Ouellete
Editor: Lucie Juillet
Production Direction: Simon-B Robert
Translation: Christine Gribbon
Thank Yous, Dedications, and Other Credits: “Marc Paradis, Circuit Deux Montagnes, Centre national d’etrainement de boxe Olympiques à Montréal, Conservatoire d’art dramatique de Montréal. Canada Council for the Arts.”
Duration: 00:11:00
Date Created: 1989
Location: Montreal, Quebec; Vancouver, Canada
Type: Moving Image
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Language: French
Identifier: 1664
Is Part Of: Joe Sarahan fonds
Source: The VIVO Media Arts Centre. Crista Dahl Media Library & Archives. Joe Sarahan fonds.
Rights: Videos provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these videos must be obtained from the Crista Dahl Media Library & Archives.
Description: A grave-side interview with the mother of a dead biker. The profusion of flowers and the mother s memories provide a powerful insight into the cult of a hero. The dead man is remembered in glowing terms
Title: Dave
Creators: Joe Sarahan, Paul Wong
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Producer: A Video In Production
Editors: Joe Sarahan, Paul Lang
Titles: Western Front Media Arts
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Duration: 00:12:30
Date Created: 1991
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Type: Moving Image
Extent: 3/4 inch videotape: U-matic
Original Format: N/A
Access Format: video/mp4
Language: English
Identifier: 1812
Is Part Of: Joe Sarahan fonds
Source: The VIVO Media Arts Centre. Crista Dahl Media Library & Archives. Joe Sarahan fonds.
Rights: Videos provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these videos must be obtained from the Crista Dahl Media Library & Archives.
Description: An in depth examination about the ignorance and intolerance towards queer existence, combined with the components of gay reality and the AIDS crisis. This installation manifests how the artist concerns himself with loss and fragility , queer identity, homophobia, the plague as an identifier, death and disease. Sarahan describes his intent as, “I didn t want to sit down, shut up and sew a quilt or play the numbers games of how many people have died from AIDS, I wanted to kick ass…I wanted to investigate the elements of homophobia and bashing.” [Dana Claxton, Saw Gallery Catalogue]
Title: Curse of the Homo
Creator: Joe Sarahan
Contributors: N/A
Thank Yous, Dedications, and Other Credits: N/A
Duration: 00:23:19
Date Created: 1993
Location: Vancouver, Canada; Ottawa, Canada
Type: Moving Image
Extent: 1 3/4 inch videotape: U-matic
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Language: English
Identifier: 2015
Is Part Of: Joe Sarahan fonds
Source: The VIVO Media Arts Centre. Crista Dahl Media Library & Archives. Joe Sarahan fonds.
Rights: Videos provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these videos must be obtained from the Crista Dahl Media Library & Archives.
Description: Documentation of four channel installation with physical objects at Saw Gallery, Ottawa, Canada February 1996. Includes clips from the installation loops ADAM/ADAM and Fireworks.
Title: Curse of the Homo [documentation]
Creator: Joe Sarahan
Contributors: N/A
Thank Yous, Dedications, and Other Credits: N/A
Duration: 00:17:00
Date Created: 1996
Location: Vancouver, Canada; Ottawa, Canada
Type: Moving Image
Extent: 1 3/4 inch videotape: U-matic
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Language: English
Identifier: 2209
Is Part Of: Joe Sarahan fonds
Source: The VIVO Media Arts Centre. Crista Dahl Media Library & Archives. Joe Sarahan fonds.
Rights: Videos provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these videos must be obtained from the Crista Dahl Media Library & Archives.
Description: Following a sailor s journey, this semi-narrative, way-out, psycho-drama flips homo-erotic stereotypes on their head while exploring detachment, silence and loss. A thoroughly campy west coast work by one of Vancouver s infamous queer artists.
Title: West Coast Homo Love Story
Creator: Joe Sarahan
Contributors:
Producer: Video In Production
Jeff Cowan ; Daniel Arseneau ; Cam Graves ; Mr. Smith ; Susi Milne ; Jonathan Wells ; Steven Anthony ; Ugo ; Paul McKenzie ; Mike Davies ; Richard Mayencourt ; Paul Lang ; Lorna Boschman ; Jennifer Abbott ; Mary Alice ; Réal Gauvreau ; Jeanette Reinhardt ; Steve Rosin ; Ross Redhead ; Zachery Longboy ; Randal Rogers ; Gavin Scott ; Kenneth Sherman ; Carla Wolf ; Emily Faryna ; Jack Lee ; Kelly Morris ; Bill Rennie ; The Club Crew
Thank Yous, Dedications, and Other Credits: “Thanks: Daryl Akin, Daniel Arseneau, Michael Balser, Big Jim, Sara Diamond, Dufferine Hotel, Diane LeBlanc, Annastacia McDonald, Susi Mile, Bill Rennie, Gerard Robson, Tina Thompson, Nicole Thompson, Paul Wong, Parker Wong, Western Front. Catering by Happy Food and Friends.”
Duration: 00:45:00
Date Created: 1997
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Type: Moving Image
Extent: 1 3/4 inch videotape: U-matic
Original Format: 3/4 inch videotape: U-matic
Access Format: video/mp4
Language: English
Identifier: 1997
Is Part Of: Joe Sarahan fonds
Source: The VIVO Media Arts Centre. Crista Dahl Media Library & Archives. Joe Sarahan fonds.
Rights: Videos provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these videos must be obtained from the Crista Dahl Media Library & Archives.
A personal reflection on drug use. Produced during The Dope Show residency at Trinity Square Video, Toronto in 2002.
Title: Monkey
Creator: Joe Sarahan
Contributors:
Producers: Trinity Square Video, Toronto, Canada; Video In, Vancouver, Canada.
Thank Yous, Dedications, and Other Credits: None
Duration: 00:05:03
Date Created: 2002
Location: Toronto, Ontario; Vancouver, Canada.
Type: Moving Image
Original Format: Mini DV
Access Format: video/mp4
Language: English
Identifier: 2615
Is Part Of: Joe Sarahan fonds
Source: The VIVO Media Arts Centre. Crista Dahl Media Library & Archives. Joe Sarahan fonds.
Rights: Videos provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these videos must be obtained from the Crista Dahl Media Library & Archives.