Clive Holden
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Clive Holden is a Canadian
multimedia
artist and poet from Victoria, British Columbia
, he is currently living in Toronto
with his wife, writer Alissa York
.
Holden's best-known and publicized project to date is the award-winning "film poem" series Trains of Winnipeg
, a collection of 14 short films featuring Holden's poetry with musical accompaniment by Christine Fellows
, John K. Samson
, Jason Tait
, Steve Bates and Emily Goodden. Trains of Winnipeg was screened internationally, a.o. at the IFFR. In it is included the haunting short, 18000 Dead In Gordon Head
, in which Holden recalls the shooting of a young girl in Gordon Head, a suburb of Victoria. The 18,000 in the title refers to the average number of murders a television
viewer has seen by the time they reach the age of sixteen years.
Currently he is working on his project Utopia Suite, launched at the Holland Festival
in Amsterdam
(2006), investigating into 21st century views on utopianism in its broadest sense. Utopia Suite has since been touring art-galleries through Canada.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
multimedia
Multimedia
Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
artist and poet from Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...
, he is currently living in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
with his wife, writer Alissa York
Alissa York
Alissa York is a Canadian writer and the 1999 winner of the Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award. She lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba before settling in Toronto with her writer/filmmaker/publisher husband Clive Holden....
.
Holden's best-known and publicized project to date is the award-winning "film poem" series Trains of Winnipeg
Trains of Winnipeg
Trains of Winnipeg is a film and multimedia art project by Clive Holden, released in stages between 2001 and 2004. The final project included a series of 14 short films, designed as visual representations of Holden's poetry, as well as a soundtrack CD and a book.The short films were scored by Emily...
, a collection of 14 short films featuring Holden's poetry with musical accompaniment by Christine Fellows
Christine Fellows
Christine Fellows is a Canadian folk-pop singer-songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba.-History:Born in Windsor, Ontario and raised in France and Kelowna, British Columbia, Fellows lived in Toronto, Vancouver, Guelph and Montreal before settling in Winnipeg in 1992.In 1993, she formed her first group,...
, John K. Samson
John K. Samson
John Kristjan Samson is a musician from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is a singer-songwriter and currently the frontman of the Canadian folk punk band The Weakerthans...
, Jason Tait
Jason Tait
Jason Tait is a Canadian musician. He is the drummer for the Canadian indie rock band The Weakerthans, and has also been a contributing member of Broken Social Scene and The FemBots. He also played drums for the Painted Thin album Small Acts of Love and Rebellion, released in 1995...
, Steve Bates and Emily Goodden. Trains of Winnipeg was screened internationally, a.o. at the IFFR. In it is included the haunting short, 18000 Dead In Gordon Head
18000 Dead In Gordon Head
18,000 Dead In Gordon Head is a 13 minute, short film by Canadian film-maker Clive Holden, based on an actual murder he witnessed while visiting his hometown in Victoria, British Columbia.The film was part of Holden's Trains of Winnipeg series....
, in which Holden recalls the shooting of a young girl in Gordon Head, a suburb of Victoria. The 18,000 in the title refers to the average number of murders a television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
viewer has seen by the time they reach the age of sixteen years.
Currently he is working on his project Utopia Suite, launched at the Holland Festival
Holland Festival
The Holland Festival is The Netherlands' oldest and largest performing arts festival, and takes place every June in Amsterdam. It comprises theater, music, opera and modern dance. In recent years, multimedia, visual arts, film and architecture were added to the festival roster...
in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
(2006), investigating into 21st century views on utopianism in its broadest sense. Utopia Suite has since been touring art-galleries through Canada.