 Resource |
MovingImage: Performance Recording
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| Title |
Of voice, to sand |
| Creator Contributors |
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| Abstract/Description |
Recording begins with a text panel reading "LEGENDS OF THE NAVAHO INDIANS – FAMOUS FOR THEIR SANDPAINTINGS – SPEAK OF THE TIME WHEN THEIR SHAMANS PRODUCED PIC-TURES IN THE SAND BY MERELY SPEAKING TO IT." The artist performs in a room with recording equipment and various hand drums. They place sand of varying design in different locations and manipulates its character via sound from the drums, audio equipment and his own voice. |
| Related Events |
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Of voice, to sand, Adelaide Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, SA, 16 December 1977
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| Related Organisation |
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| Date Created |
2 February 1979
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| Date Accessioned |
22 April 1982
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| Catalogue ID |
1742
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| Holding Institution |
Flinders University, Museum of Art
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| Rights |
© the artist
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| Rights Holder |
Robert Ramsay
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| Access Rights |
Collection of Flinders University Museum of Art 1742
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| Language |
English
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| Medium |
U-matic videocassette
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| Format |
.wmv, .mov, .xml
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| Citation |
Robert Ramsay, Of voice, to sand, Flinders University, Museum of Art, 2 February 1979
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Resource Identifier |
71812
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