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Films

SCREENING


Date & time
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Cost

This event is free

Where

Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex
1515 St. Catherine W.
Room EV-11.705

Wheel chair accessible

Yes

The Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery presents the screening of LOCAL TV NEWS ANALYSIS, a video by Dara Birnbaum and Dan Graham, as part of the exhibition SEAN SNYDER.

Location:
Room EV 11.705
EV Building, Concordia University
1515 Ste-Catherine West, 11th floor
Metro Guy-Concordia

LOCAL TV NEWS ANALYSIS
Dara Birnbaum and Dan Graham
1980, 61:08 min, color, sound.

The video that has been preserved on DVD by Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI) is a collaborative project by Dara Birnbaum and Dan Graham produced by A Space in Toronto in 1980 investigating form and content of local television news. In short, the video dissects the simultaneous realities of the studio where the production occurs and the domestic environment where the broadcast is received in one composite frame.

Sean Snyder suggested screening Local TV News Analysis in the course of formulating his contribution to the exhibition. The document deconstructs the transmission and reception of information. In his opinion, the experiment mirrors social media marketing strategies inherent in the dissemination of artistic practice today. The location of the screening is in a university seminar room.

Unlike the streamlined production of Local TV News Analysis, today a flood of data is at the disposal of the public as raw material to be reshaped as people desire. Realistically, this transpires rarely. For example, the social media tool Periscope offers a real-time perspective on what the consumer chooses to transmit. Receivers of visual and audio data are left to decode information circulated, placing the power in the hands of the consumer. In this particular social media environment, the audience is provided with the option to interact with the interface. If people like what they have turned into their positive response is graphically acknowledged with hearts.

Free admission


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