The Poltergeist (1974-1979)
7 azo dye prints (Cibachrome)
102.8 x 703 cm overall
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Ontario
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It's no use crying (1972)
Videotape transferred
to digital video,
black and white, mono,
3:30 minutes
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia,
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Purchased 2011
The artist’s upside down face fills the monitor, staring into the camera while trying not to blink for the duration of a recording of Ray Charles’ “No Use Crying”.
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Harbour Ghosts, HFX, 1999 (detail)
Three colour inkjet prints
on coated paper
121.9 x 152.4 cm each
Collection of the
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
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Harbour Ghosts, HFX, 1999 (detail) Three colour inkjet prints on coated paper 121.9 x 152.4 cm each Collection of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia |
Harbour Ghosts, HFX, 1999 (detail) Three colour inkjet prints on coated paper 121.9 x 152.4 cm each Collection of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia |
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Scotia Fires, (1969) 16mm and super 8 film transferred to digital video, colour, mono, 2:30 minutes Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia Purchased 2010 I poured a mixture of gasoline and oil on various stone configurations and along some beaches, lit them and filmed the results. I composed a sound track with a small synthesizer, tuning forks and voice processed through a home-made distortion chamber. – David Askevold
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What
is Church? Rural Churches of Nova Scotia
and Prince Edward Island (2001)
Ink jet on canvas
152.4 x 528.3 cm
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia,
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Purchased, 2004
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Once Upon a Time in the East (1993)
293 electrostatic prints, 2 videotapes transferred to digital video, reference map
390 x 781 cm (dimensions variable)
Collection of Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Ontario
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Two Beasts (2007-2010)
Digital video, colour, stereo,
14:07 minutes
Courtesy of Oursler Studio
Two Beasts is the culmination of a long-term collaborative project between Askevold and New York artist Tony Oursler. The two artists created drawings, paintings, photographs and videos - within certain loose parameters - related to a chosen time and activity, exchanging their responses via the internet.
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