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GNU Meal, 1985-1995

 Item — cassette: 3

Scope and Contents

Produced by GNU Meal. This experimental video is a bizarre combination of snowboarding and abstract horror. It contains footage of snowboarders riding in the mountains and catching huge air interwoven with completely unrelated footage. Most of the unrelated footage depicts an elegant dinner party with an elderly hostess. The majority of the video has been dramatically slowed down, giving some of the characters uncanny, deep voices. Eerie sound effects, echoes, music, and speech are used throughout. There is a rapping snowboarder. Boarders: Mike Olson, Fred Lomax, Peter Saari, Gwyn Howat, Suzi Riggins, Jean Higgins, Carter Turk, Randy Havens, Jeff Davis, Jeff Van Kleek, Matt Cummins, Amy Howat, Chris Karol, and Kris Jamieson.

Dates

  • Creation: 1985-1995

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Extent

From the Collection: 10 VHS

From the Collection: 7 Microcassette

From the Collection: 6 DVD

From the Collection: 2 Digital Files

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Description

VHS

Physical Facet

0:17:53, color, sound

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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