Related fonds
Bio
William “Bill” Day was an early member and producer at Metro Media, Vancouver.
Scope
Donated by Bill Day, November 2016:
- 38 videotapes (3/4″ Umatic and VHS) + 1 folder of textual/graphic material
- Material related to Metro Media and personal productions.
Original works
Gauguin in Tahiti documentation
A video collaboration with the Open Eye Dance Troupe from New York, recorded in Hawaii and Vancouver. Jean Erdman (1914-2020) was the troupe’s artistic director and was born and maintained a home in Hawaii. The crew stayed at the Erdman estate in north Oahu during rehearsals where Day recorded an interview with Erdman and her husband, Joseph Campbell, well-known philosopher/anthropologist. The Gauguin tapes were initiated as part of Helen Goodwin’s Performance Warehouse commissioned collaborations between performance and video artists, 1976. [Six 3/4″ videotapes] Contact library@vivomediaarts.com to view.
Stone Sculpture Symposium documentation
Unedited video documentation of the Vancouver International Stone Sculpture Symposium exhibit at Van Dusen Gardens [1975] . Includes interviews with the sculptors. [See Women In Focus fonds for another documentary on this subject] Contact library@vivomediaarts.com to view.
Bob Dylan
Footage of Dylan’s Vancouver concert at The Forum. An experiment in recording live events on a Portapack video camera. c.1974
Williams Lake
Williams Lake Stampede documentation.
Environmental
Unidentified content. Day believes it is a compilation of programs about the environment produced by Metro Media.
Channel 9
Unidentified content. Possibly work done by Metro Media with Channel 9 [PBS] in the 1970s.
Access
Some videos are not digitized. Please contact us for access.