DVD . Carry Me Home (2007) . Brenda Cantelo

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DVD . 13 minutes . $20 CDN + shipping & handling

'Carry Me Home' uses movement to explore themes of illness, healing  and consolation. The dances developed out of Brenda Cantelo's  collaborative experience with Manitoba Artists in Healthcare at St.  Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg, Canada. Cantelo holds a Ph.D. in  Religion (Manitoba) and specializes in the areas of Religion and the  Arts, and Religion and Healing. She has produced four videos and  written on religion and architecture, painting and dance. Cantelo  teaches in the Department of Religion at the University of Manitoba,  Winnipeg, Canada.

DVD . WSO: Mahler Symphony No. 9. (2006) . Zdzislaw Prochownik

Wsodvd2006_2Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra - Andrey Boreyko - Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 9. (2006)

DVD . 115 minutes . $19.99 CDN + shipping & handling

WSO musician Zdzislaw Prochownik recorded a full concert of Mahler's Symphony No. 9 under the direction of Andrey Boreyko.  The result is a stunningly rich interpretation of this late-Romantic masterpiece.  Photographed by video artists Heidi Phillips, Wendy Buelow and Jesse Peterson and recorded live at the Centennial Concert Hall on May 13, 2006, the musicians are at their finest in this glorious interpretation of Mahler's last-completed symphony. The event begins with fascinating rehearsal footage and musician interviews, that add extra depth and insight.

DVD . Dirty Undies Vol. 1 . Jaimz Asmundson

Du_vol1_dvdDirty Undies Vol. 1
features the short underground classics by Jaimz Asmundson

$19.99 CDN + shipping & handling

DVD includes:
Blow Me (2005)
Liquid Lunch (2004)
Carpet Cleaners (2002)
Checkers (2005)
The Science of Eugenics (2006)
Attack of the 50 Ft. Chihuahuas from Outer Space (1999)

Plus features and extras!

Soundtracks featuring Thrill Kill Kult, Evil Mothers, Querkus, Cake Builder, Vav Jungle, Smallgirl and more!!

"Winnipeg's enfant terrible of transgressive cinema"
- Antimatter Film Festival

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CD/DVD . Watch This! . Sister Dorothy

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Artist: Sister Dorothy
Label: Overground Records

$19.99 CDN + shipping & handling

Well known for her high energy and uniquely entertaining live performances, Winnipeg artist and musician Sister Dorothy presents a new side with her two disc CD and DVD Watch This!. Produced by Sister Dorothy and Douglas Ringer, Watch This! features several new tracks, old favourites, music videos, documentaries, and even cooking shows. The album features guest appearances by drummer Adrian Peek, Brad Alison, Cynthis Tremblay, Greg Chapman, Tim Cummings, and Tony Desmarteau.

DVD . Film & Video Work 2004-2005 . Heidi Phillips

Phillipsdvd_2Heidi Phillips: Film and Video Work 2004-2005
(Digital, Colour, DVD Compilation, 2006)
$19.99 CDN + shipping & handling

DVD includes:
Running Into You, 2004, Video, 8:00 (Colour, Stereo)
Why are you so sad? 2004, Video, 7:20 (Colour, Stereo)
Direction, 2005, Video, 10:00 (Colour, Stereo)

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CD . Sonic Waking . Gregory, Heimbecker, Pinchbeck

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2006, stereo compact disc,  duration: 51:00
$20.00 + shipping and handling

Concert recording of a live improvised performance by Shawn Pinchbeck, Ken Gregory and Steve Heimbecker at Send + Receive  [001]: a festival of sound November 21 1998. For more information including samples please visit http://www.cheapmeat.net/sonicwaking.html

DVD . Video Chapbook . Elvira Finnigan

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$29.99
Cdn. + shipping and handling

Video Chapbook, a collection of five works by Canadian artist Elvira Finnigan taps the internal world of mid-life, confusing the boundaries between the internal and the external. Drawn from experience, dreams, and the imagination, this video collection explores states of the heart and the mind, weaving a narrative of images and sound.

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Book + Audio CD . cheap meat dreams and acorns . Ken Gregory

Kengregorybookcd 90 pages, colour and b/w illustrations
$25.00 Cdn. + shipping and handling

Designed by Susan Chafe with fibreboard cover opening on a swing mechanism CD inserted inside back cover.
ISBN 0-921381-27-1
Plug In Editions 2004.

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DVD . Trains of Winnipeg . Clive Holden

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$39.95 Cdn., plus shipping + handling

"A landmark of independent cinema." – Scott MacDonald, author of the Critical Cinema book series

"**** (4 out of 5 stars), An Experimental Epic" - Winnipeg Free Press

"****1/2 (4.5 out of 5 stars)" - Eye Weekly

"***1/2 (3.5 out of 4)"  - Globe & Mail

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CD . Audio Artists in Residence: Video Pool Comp. (1992-97)

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$7.99 Cdn. + shipping and handling   

Produced by John Coutanche, mastered by John Gurdebeke

Featuring Ken Gregory, T. R. Elliot, Murray Toews, Doug Harvey, Stephen Falk, Jay Taylor, Chris Marten, Marilyn Lerner, Queen Mab (Lerner & Lori Freedman), Michael Dumontier

In 1992, the Video Pool Audio Artist in Residence program was started in order to give artists a year's opportunity to use Video Pool's resources to explore ideas in sound and sound production. The 21 pieces presented here are the work of ten audio artists who have been through this program.

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CD . In Between the Sound of Music . Various Artists

Ibtsomcoverforweb_32002, Duration: 40:00   
$7.99 Cdn. + shipping and handling

Produced by Jeff Gillman. Works by Blunderspublik, Tom Elliott, C. Bryan, Marilyn Lerner, Philip Strong, Ken Gregory, Angela Somerset, Nagasaki Fondue, Kevin Lynn, duul_drv

To what extent has the work of audio artists influenced music production and composition? What contribution have composers made to audio art? There's a good deal of back and forth and borrow here, and certainly the crossover has accelerated as shared technologies converge with shared sensibilities...

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