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    • All Those Years They Were Here First

    All Those Years They Were Here First

    • 2010
    • 00h 02m 00s
    • Garland Lam Turner
    • Rent $100
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    Synopsis

    All Those Years They Were Here First is an animation about a heart break, longing and knowing when to say goodbye.

    Categories

    • Animation,
    • Short,
    • Works by Women

    Shooting Format

    • Computer Generated

    Languages

    • English

    Additional Details

    • Colour,
    • Stop Motion,
    • Drawing,
    • Sound,
    • Stereo

    Available Subtitle

    • None

    Region

    • British Columbia

    Screening Formats

    • DVD,
    • H.264

    Credits

    • Artist: Garland Lam Turner

    Provided By

    • Video Pool Media Arts Centre

    More By Garland Lam Turner

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    • 2013
    • Garland Lam Turner

    Inspired by the 8mm app, Garland's Quiet Steps is an instrumental music video of the artist's experience of living in Vancouver.

    Garland's Quiet Steps

    Singing with Teresa Teng

    • 2007
    • Garland Lam Turner

    "Singing with Teresa Teng" is a Chinese karaoke video that has been re-shot with a camera on a computer screen. This method creates a degraded blinking, in which the singing or pronunciation of words varies according to the singers’ familiarity with the song. A father - daughter duet to the father's favourite singer.

    Singing with Teresa Teng

    Wontons

    • 2003
    • Garland Lam Turner

    Wontons is a video that has dialogue centred on being mistaken for a different race. The non-translated dialogue, spoken in Cantonese, may be mysterious to viewers.

    Wontons

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