The Filliou Tapes

From Political to Poetical Economy

Robert Filliou

A video exhibition curated by Scott Watson, Sharla Sava and Hank Bull.

Four video productions by Robert Filliou are available in digital format on three, 1-hour videodiscs. Total running time: 172 minutes.

Disk 1 — Portafilliou
Producers: Robert Filliou, Clive Robertson and Marcella Bienvenue
Production: Arton’s Publishing, 1977, Calgary, AB
b/w, sound, 44 minutes.

Telepathic Music No. 7 — the Principle of Equivalence Carried to a Series of 5
With Robert Filliou
Camera, light, sound: Kate Craig
Production: Western Front, 1977, Vancouver, BC
colour, 16 minutes

Disk 2 — And So On, End So Soon. Done 3 Times with Robert Filliou
Camera, light, sound: Kate Craig
Production: Western Front, 1977, Vancouver, BC
colour, 30 minutes

Teaching and Learning as Performing Arts Part II — Parts A to E, with Footnotes
With Robert Filliou, Glenn Lewis, Taki Blues Singer, Marianne Filliou, Marcelline Filliou, Roy Kiyooka
Production: Western Front, 1979, Vancouver, BC
colour, 30 minutes

Disk 3 — Teaching and Learning as Performing Arts Part II — Travelling Light, It’s a Dance Really
With Robert Filliou, Glenn Lewis, Taki Blues Singer, Marianne Filliou, Marcelline Filliou, Roy Kiyooka
Production: Western Front, 1979, Vancouver, BC
colour, 15 minutes

Teaching and Learning as Performing Arts Part II — Video Breakfasting Together, If You Wish
With Robert Filliou, Glenn Lewis, Taki Blues Singer, Marianne Filliou, Marcelline Filliou, Roy Kiyooka
Production: Western Front, 1979, Vancouver, BC
colour, 37 minutes

Cost: $4500.00 Canadian.

Includes 20 copies of the exhibition catalogue with essays, interviews, contributions by Scott Watson, Sharla Sava, Clive Robertson, Kate Craig, and Hank Bull. Public exhibition rights in perpetuity; No distribution rights.

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For further information please contact: Naomi Sawada at naomi.sawada@ubc.ca,
tel: (604) 822-3640, or fax: (604) 822-6689