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Water Tour Video 2
Title
Water Tour Video 2
Keyword
Water, City, Landscape / Skyline
Date
2018-03-13
Description
Video moving away from the the Central Ferry Pier on the right side until it is out of the shot at about 00:28. The city skyline is visible across the water with the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on the left side. Duration: 00:35
Jordan Abel Interview 1
Title
Jordan Abel Interview 1: Clip 1
Keyword
Colonisation, Landscape / Skyline, Totem Poles
Date
2018-01-19
Description
In this clip, Jordan Abel discusses his relationship to Vancouver as a place and how his family histories and traumas are tied to Vancouver and the legacy of colonial violence. He discusses the placement of Indigenous art throughout Vancouver (and the totem poles in Stanley Park in particular) and the complexities around displaying Indigenous art and tradition in such a public space, weighing accessibility against voyeurism.
Singapore Island Cruise Ferry 11
Title
Singapore Island Cruise Ferry 11: Main Island to St. John's Island
Keyword
Water, economy, Landscape / Skyline, Coast, Land Reclamation
Date
2018-03-01
Description
Main island city skyline. Cruise ship to the left. Marina Bay Sands on the right.
Star Ferry Video 12
Title
Star Ferry Video 12
Keyword
Water, Coast, City, Landscape / Skyline
Date
2018-02-12
Description
Video of a pier on the left side with West Kowloon skyline in the background; a ferry starts to leave on the right side at about 00:15. Duration: 00:57
West Kowloon Cultural District Video 14
Title
West Kowloon Cultural District Video 14
Keyword
Water, Boats, Shore, Rocks, Landscape / Skyline
Date
2018-03-17
Description
Video of a boat moving from left to right through the shot until it disappears at about 00:15. Other moving boats and the city skyline are visible in the background. Duration: 1:00
Star Ferry Video 3
Title
Star Ferry Video 3
Keyword
Water, Boats, Landscape / Skyline, City, Movement
Date
2018-03-12
Description
Video of multiple boats on the water with city skyline in the background; the Hong Kong Cultural Centre slowly moves out of view of the shot on the left side. Duration: 00:33
Wayde Compton Reading
Title
Wayde Compton Reading: Excerpt from "The Lost Island" found in The Outer Harbour
Keyword
Colonisation, Landscape / Skyline
Date
2018-01-23
Description
Wayde Compton reads a scene from his short story "The Lost Island." In this scene, the characters Jean and Fletcher consider the newly emerged volcanic island off Vancouver's coast and Fletcher proposes they go to the island as an act of anti-colonisation. This story appears in Compton's 2014 book of interconnected short stories The Outer Harbour.
Star Ferry Video 9
Title
Star Ferry Video 9
Keyword
Water, City, Landscape / Skyline, Boats
Date
2018-03-12
Description
Video of buildings, including Hong Kong Cultural Centre, across the water on the left; the city skyline is visible further away on the right. Duration: 00:04
Jordan Abel Interview 3
Title
Jordan Abel Interview 3: Clip 3
Keyword
Landscape / Skyline, Colonisation, Poetic Intervention
Date
2018-01-19
Description
In this clip, Jordan Abel delves into his writing process for Place of Scraps, particularly how he came to use erasure techniques on Marius Barbeau's text Totem Poles. From this a discussion ensues on how readers can, or should, approach and read Place of Scraps. Abel's poetry makes use of fragmented words and images alongside more traditional narrative (for an example, please refer to Jordan Abel's Reading).
Jordan Abel Interview 4
Title
Jordan Abel Interview 4: Clip 4
Keyword
Landscape / Skyline
Date
2018-01-19
Description
In this conclusion of Jordan Abel's interview, he restates the complexity of places like Vancouver, and acknowledges that a place can be simultaneously beautiful and devastating.