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    • When I Was a Kid

    When I Was a Kid

    • 1980
    • 00h 01m 33s
    • Alex Poruchnyk
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    Synopsis

    A child’s poem about time and space. A child closes its eyes, thinks about the world and tries to imagine if everything has been walked on. Are there any new ideas? Is everything known?

    Categories

    • Experimental,
    • Childhood,
    • Identity,
    • Short

    Shooting Format

    • Umatic (3/4")

    Languages

    • English

    Additional Details

    • Voice-Over,
    • Black & White,
    • Sound

    Available Subtitle

    • None

    Region

    • Manitoba

    Screening Formats

    • DVD,
    • 3/4 tape (umatic),
    • H.264

    Credits

    • Artist: Alex Poruchnyk

    Provided By

    • Video Pool Media Arts Centre

    More By Alex Poruchnyk

    Face March

    • 1984
    • Vern Hume, Alex Poruchnyk

    A grandmother spends one year gathering news coverage of war, thinking about a silent army. The results strip away all of broadcast television’s trappings. All we are left with are people in conflict, people in pain, people afraid for the future, leaders coming and going, and new leaders coming and going. Original soundtrack by Hume and Poruchnyk.

    Face March

    Renovations

    • 1983
    • Alex Poruchnyk

    Renovation follows an individual’s attempt to purchase and renovate a derelict house in downtown Winnipeg. Through a combination of still photographs and video footage, the tape casually explores the interior of the house and the community in which the house is located.

    Renovations

    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.

    Live Wire

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