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    The Architect

    • 2004
    • 00h 03m 40s
    • Rick Fisher
    • Rent $200
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    Synopsis

    The architect of ideology attempts to design a rationale to exist within the ambiguous territory located between "is" and "ought", and discovers that he has encountered an unresolvable dilemma.

    Categories

    • Experimental,
    • Abstraction,
    • Animation,
    • Landscape,
    • Short

    Shooting Format

    • DV

    Languages

    • None

    Additional Details

    • Music,
    • Colour,
    • Visual Effects,
    • Blue Screen,
    • Digital Compositing

    Available Subtitle

    • None

    Region

    • Manitoba

    Screening Formats

    • DVD,
    • H.264

    Credits

    • Artist: Rick Fisher
    • Artist: Don Rice

    Provided By

    • Video Pool Media Arts Centre

    Festivals

    • Antimatter [Media Art]
    • WNDX
    • Planet in Focus

    More By Rick Fisher

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    • 2014
    • Rick Fisher

    Arcadia uncovers some unpleasant truths about idealized pastoral landscapes.

    Arcadia

    Foundation

    • 2007
    • Rick Fisher, Don Rice

    A dreamscape of 20th century industry portends disaster. As miners toil, fish swim by and naked bodies hang in a row; a scarred glass tower rises bloodily from the sea; waves crash and snakes roil.

    Foundation

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    We R the Mold/World

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