La Dauphine (2006)

• Vallauris, exterior projection town square, La Dauphine, Vallauris, FR, 2006
• Emmedia, Calgary, AB, 2007

While preparing for the festival season, a small town in the south of France is surprised to receive a rising star in their midst.
La Dauphine was created during a residency at A.I.R. Vallauris on the Côte dAzur. The video features local residents and the buzz surrounding the Cannes Film Festival.

Une petite localité dans le sud de la France se prépare pour la saison des festivals et les habitants se trouvent surpris daccueillir une étoile montante dans leur ville.

Part 1 of 3 : 4:15 min
French with English Subtitles
Collaboration avec Valerie LeBlanc

MUDSC (2005)

Screenings:
• 19es Instants Vidéo, Marseille, FR, 2006
• Rencontre du film numérique de Mantes La Jolie- Centre Culturel Le Chaplin, FR, 2006
• Vidéotèque éphémère, VIDEOFORMES, Clermont-Ferrand, FR, 2006
• Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, BC, 2005

Même un détour serait correct – MUDSC -est une dérive dans les nouvelles villes encloisonnées, dans les villes forteresses, les villes-privées, où la peur de l’autre est portée à l’extrême et où les caméras de surveillance, les portails télécommandés et les gardiens de sécurité sont devenus les nouvelles nécessités de cette vie à l’abri de la vie elle-même.

Dans cette topographie du conflit, il y a aussi l’espoir de trouver un terrain neutre pour construire ou reconstruire un espace habitable.
Même un détour serait correct : 32 minutes
Français avec sous-titres anglais

MUDSC: Même un détour serait correct – translated: ‘Even a detour would be all right’ is a poetic expedition into; urban sprawl, gated communities, those private cities of our new world where the fear of the others is pushed to the extreme. Those are the places where surveillance cameras, remote controlled doors and security guards have become the new necessities of this life sheltered from life itself.In this topography of conflict there is also the hope to find a neutral ground to build or to rebuild a liveable space.
MUDSC contains 18 videos poems.
Même un détour serait correct : 32 minutes
French with English subtitles

MUDSC sur YouTube :

cribler

couper

tomber

le traffic

le point de fuite

suffire

précipiter

réchauffer version canola

réchauffer version condo

la fin du monde

couvrir

envelopper

disparaître

les bungalows

la banlieue

baissez-nous

animer

Le siege de leur esprit – The place of their spirit (2005)

Le siège de leur esprit – The Place of their Spirit (2003) from daniel dugas on Vimeo.

• Alberta Scene Albertaine / Media Arts, Ottawa, ON, 2005

Le siege de leur esprit – The place of their spirit, is a poetic assessment of the power imbalance woven into the fabric of culture.

Easy Not Easy (2003)

• Prairie Tales 6th Annual Tour of Alberta Film & Video, touring, 2004
• Faculty show, ACAD, Calgary, AB, 2003

For some it is facile and for others it is difficult. Easy not easy is a tape about Institutions of Power, Economic Systems and how the two direct and permeate society and culture.

The Walls Have Ears (2002)

• Passing Moments: EMMEDIA celebrates 25 years,Artcity 2004 Festival, Calgary, AB, 2004
• Fugitive Images: The Global Visions Video Lounge, Art Gallery of Edmonton, AB, 2003
• The Activist Menu, Emmedia, Calgary, AB, 2002

The Walls Have Ears, 2002
Duration: 4min
NTSC • 2007

Everybody is suspected of being an enemy of the state or an undercover agent. It is not “J’ACCUSE” any more,it is “I DENOUNCE.” The Walls Have Ears was realized in the framework of the Activist Menu, Media Activismand Community Collaborations held in response to the Kananaskis Country G8 Summit.

In Transit (1993)

• EMMEDIA, Calgary, AB, 1993
• The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MFA Show, Chicago, IL, 1993

In Transit offer a collection of daily life passages in ten parts. The visuals draw a wide range of locations. Gathered in cities, nature settings, carnival, various modes of public and private transport, they are sometimes ironically set to the voiceovers. The texts are observations and reactions presented in either a poetic or blunt manner. Amidst this travelogue of the times is a desire to weigh situations and to make decisions based on individual needs and directions in life.

NTSC Colour 24:30min
Valerie LeBlanc and Daniel Dugas -Limit(E) Productions

The Dahmer Tape (1992)

The same audio track is used with three separate tapes. Minimal visuals provide contemplative cues for the text. Pent up emotions surrounding the expose of a series of murders are released in one short breath.

This series of 3 tapes are intended to be screened simultaneously.

3 channel video by Valerie LeBlanc and Daniel Dugas under the name Limit(e) Productions in 1992

The Precious Moment in Life (1992)

Three separate sets of images are used to illustrate the same soundtrack. An interplay of audio and visual elements create an ironic poetry. The tapes are a commentary of life in an urban setting.This series of 3 tapes are intended to be screened simultaneously.

Total running time of 11:50min.NTSC Colour 3:35min
Valerie LeBlanc and Daniel Dugas -Limit(E) Productions

Salman’s Head (1991)

Salman’s Head is a tape using visuals of written texts along three stills of eyes, ears and mouth. The audio is coupled with the texts to provide parallel between religion, art and war.

NTSC Colour 8min
Valerie LeBlanc and Daniel Dugas -Limit(E) Productions

Slice of Life (1990)

• EMMEDIA, Calgary, AB, 1991
• Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal, (médiathèque), Montréal, Qc, 1993

Basic philosophies of life evolve and are defined through common place events. The mind wanders when a person gets up in the morning to go to work. If the work is of a solitary nature, a person has a lot of time to think. If there are co-workers involved, the kinds of conversations that people engage in the workplace, reveal a lot about personal value systems. People who don’t work must find ways to occupy their minds and even in what appears to be bored, mundane activity, philosophies develop. The business of performing everyday chores and errands are also settings for the development of the thought process.

NTSC Colour 22min
Valerie LeBlanc and Daniel Dugas – Limit(E) Productions