INTRO
RESTORED VIDEOS
COMPUTER
GRAPHICS
WORK IN PROGRESS
LINKS
    EARSHOT
(aka STATIONS OF THE CROSS)

Metonymy and Morse code blend in a critique of the evangelical march of technology and the technological march of evangelism.

1986 CAVAN CONVERY
VHS/PAL 2.20mins
10Mb Quicktime mp4

 
    A MERE SIMULATION

Children’s rhymes and toy guns parallel the transition from childhood to adulthood with mans’ atomic evolution.

1986 CAVAN CONVERY
VHS/PAL 3.00mins
Performance: Chris Byrne, Wendy Ackerboom and Cavan Convery
13Mb Quicktime mp4

 
    HANDS UP
(aka POWER TOOLS)

The pheromones of sex, guns and power tools are masked in a coy assault on the macho aesthetics of aggressive marketing.

1987 CHRIS BYRNE & CAVAN CONVERY
U-Matic/PAL 2.15mins
Appearing: Ian Banks
Voices: Chris Byrne
10Mb Quicktime mp4

 
    CLAPSHOT

Highlights the concerns of the 80s professional Scotsman — neutralising dangerous lengths of wood and heading off the flood of Japanese imports; a mission jeapordised by his fatal addiction to the electric soup.

1988 CAVAN CONVERY
U-Matic/PAL 3.00mins
Performance: Oss White. Voices: Chris Byrne and Cavan Convery. 10Mb Quicktime mp4

 
    FLUVOX (aka FLUSHOT)

A heady doze of fluoxetene, fluvoxamine and fluphenazine induce a bout of paranoia, vertigo, depersonalisation and ante-ocular pressure for our unwitting guineapig.

1989 CAVAN CONVERY
U-Matic/PAL 3.00mins
Performance: Chris Byrne
10Mb Quicktime mp4

 
    Medium Tedium / Circuit Bored

The message causes the message as boiling oceans and a depleted ozone layer provoke rebellion against the offending media.

1986 CAVAN CONVERY
U-Matic/PAL 2.00mins
9Mb Quicktime mp4

 
    The 39 Steps

This wry dig at film convention belies the fact that affordable accommodation for artists usually involved a seemingly relentless ascent. Inspired by a trip to 'thee' Data Attic, an outsider art gallery in Dundee.

1986 CHRIS BYRNE & CAVAN CONVERY
VHS/PAL 1.25mins
Appearing: Chris Byrne
Music: John Barham
6Mb Quicktime mp4