KIRK TOUGAS

(Canada - Canadá)

KIRK TOUGAS - is a noted experimental media artist, director of photography, producer, director, curator, founder of the Pacific Cinematheque and initiator of Xinema in Vancouver, Canada. He received an Honorary Doctorate from the Emily Carr University of Art and Design, 2024.

Creator of numerous experimental works, he has been variously described as a structural or conceptual artist. Nominated for a Canadian Academy Award, his works have been distinguished with screenings and installations in museums, universities, art schools, biennales, and film/video festivals.

10-2S THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE -  Kirk Tougas  2ª SESSÃO | 2st SESSION

IMAGE PLAY ► International Video Art Festival - VI Edition 2024 (Funchal, Madeira - Portugal)

CREDITS:

Kirk Tougas Director

Dennis Burke Sound

SYNOPSIS:

THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE: DECONSTRUCTED. Minimalist meta-enquiry Into the next age of numerology. What happens when the alphabet be comes Alphabet?. Representation: Encode : Digits : Compress : Decode : Lossy : Memory : Bitrot : Data. Within the numbers / We all dance now / To the rhythm of the algorithm