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    Open Room

    • 1993
    • 00h 15m 10s
    • Alex Poruchnyk

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    Synopsis

    A video-audio environment in which the viewer is drawn by necessity into interacting with the piece.

    Categories

    • Installation,
    • Childhood,
    • Experimental,
    • Performance,
    • Short

    Shooting Format

    • Unknown

    Languages

    • English

    Additional Details

    • Colour,
    • Sound

    Available Subtitle

    • None

    Region

    • Manitoba

    Screening Formats

    • DVD,
    • H.264

    Credits

    • Artist: Alex Poruchnyk

    Provided By

    • Video Pool Media Arts Centre

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    • Alex Poruchnyk

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    The Cube

    Live Wire

    • 1982
    • Alex Poruchnyk

    An exercise of choice in a system where the paradox is that you always have one. The problem of certain alternatives is only realized by people with their backs to the wall.

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    The Chair

    • 1979
    • Alex Poruchnyk

    Chained to a chair ... mouth taped over ... a key hangs before you. Who will act? Who will set you free? Who will take responsibility for your actions?

    The Chair

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