TAPE “M”

Rights Information
Year
1978
Reference
F1461
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1978
Reference
F1461
Media type
Moving image
Item unavailable online
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Video Art
Duration
0:38:00
Production company
Elam School of Fine Arts

00:00:00 Various Elam Intermedia students walk into shot and speak to camera about their chairs, while sitting on them.

00:22:00 Man and then woman are interviewed in interior of house, each having discussion with person behind camera.

Man sits in arm chair. Smokes, drinks. Woman asks man to flare his nostrils, wiggle his ears. He talk about blowing smoke rings and the household animals. Camera shifts to woman sitting on couch, rolling a cigarette. Original man (off camera) tells marijuana story. Man asks “Do you think having the camera running makes for duller conversation?” Woman answers yes. Discussion about what you can say on camera and “to members of the group”. Agreement not to talk about “the politics of Elam (School of Fine Art). Discussion about cessation of smoking in theatres. Man asks “Do you have any friends who are involved in some sort of spiritual scene?” Woman answers no. Discussion of spiritual beliefs in Pacific Island, Muslim and Christian cultures. Camera turns back onto man. Woman asks “Tell me about your shoes”. Man talks about his mothers impressions of his lifestyle. Woman asks “What about your jersey?” Tape ends.