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| editing = Daniel Cockburn
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| studio = ZeroFunction Productions
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| distributors = [[Vtape]]<ref name="DC">{{cite web |title=Daniel Cockburn |url=https://www.vtape.org/artist?ai=903 |website=[[Vtape]] |accessdate=22 July 2020}}</ref>
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| released = {{Film date|df=y|2003|||<small>One Minute Festival</small>}}
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2003|||One Minute Festival}}
| runtime = 1 minute<ref name="Vtape">{{cite web |title=Denominations |url=https://www.vtape.org/video?vi=5390 |website=[[Vtape]] |accessdate=23 July 2020}}</ref>
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'''''Denominations''''' is a 2003 Canadian [[short film|short]] [[experimental film|experimental]] [[documentary film]] created by [[video artist]] [[Daniel Cockburn]] about some time spent with American video artist Joe Gibbons.
'''''Denominations''''' is a 2003 Canadian [[short film|short]] [[experimental film|experimental]] [[documentary film]] created by [[video artist]] [[Daniel Cockburn]] about some time spent with American video artist Joe Gibbons.

==Title==
The title refers to denominations of [[currency]].<ref name="Vtape" />


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
[[File:DenominationsJoeGibbonsInDanielCockburnKitchen.jpg|thumb|270px|A screenshot from ''Denominations'']]
[[File:DenominationsJoeGibbonsInDanielCockburnKitchen.jpg|thumb|270px|A screenshot from ''Denominations'']]
The American video artist Joe Gibbons is in [[Daniel Cockburn]]'s kitchen one morning during which they compare cameras. While this is taking place, a text scrolls up the left hand side of the screen, describing and commenting on the scene itself (Joe is a "self-professed sociopath" from "Massachusetts (USA)"), but also describing events that take place off screen later in the morning when they go for brunch.
The title refers to denominations of [[currency]].<ref name="Vtape" /> The American video artist Joe Gibbons is in [[Daniel Cockburn]]'s kitchen one morning during which they compare cameras. While this is taking place, a text scrolls up the left hand side of the screen, describing and commenting on the scene itself (Joe is a "self-professed sociopath" from "Massachusetts (USA)"), but also describing events that take place off screen later in the morning when they go for brunch.

==Cast==
Joe Gibbons as himself


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Joe Gibbons appears in the film as himself. Cockburn refers to the short as a "docu-anecdote" and suggests that the phrase "a penny for your thoughts" is subject to an [[exchange rate]] in practice.<ref name="Vtape" />
==Genre and themes==
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Cockburn refers to the short as a "docu-anecdote" and suggests that the phrase "a penny for your thoughts" is subject to an [[exchange rate]] in practice.<ref name="Vtape" />


==Production background==
==Production background==
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==Release and reception==
==Release and reception==
The short was screened at the 2003 One Minute Film & Video Festival in [[Toronto]], where it won the Special Jury Prize.<ref name="LAC">{{cite web |title=Daniel Cockburn |url=https://londonsartistquarter.org/artist-hub/users/danielcockburn/profile |website=London's Artist Corner |accessdate=22 July 2020}}</ref>
The short was screened at the 2003 One Minute Film & Video Festival in [[Toronto]], where it won the Special Jury Prize.<ref name="LAC">{{cite web |title=Daniel Cockburn |url=https://londonsartistquarter.org/artist-hub/users/danielcockburn/profile |website=London's Artist Corner |accessdate=22 July 2020 |archive-date=13 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113055125/https://londonsartistquarter.org/artist-hub/users/danielcockburn/profile |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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*''[https://www.vtape.org/video?vi=5390 Denominations]'' on Vtape
*''[https://www.vtape.org/video?vi=5390 Denominations]'' on Vtape


[[Category:Canadian films]]
[[Category:Canadian short documentary films]]
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[[Category:Canadian short films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Daniel Cockburn]]
[[Category:Films directed by Daniel Cockburn]]
[[Category:2000s English-language films]]
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[[Category:2000s Canadian films]]
[[Category:2003 short documentary films]]

Revision as of 06:24, 11 February 2024

Denominations
Directed byDaniel Cockburn
Written byDaniel Cockburn
Produced byDaniel Cockburn
StarringJoe Gibbons
CinematographyDaniel Cockburn
Edited byDaniel Cockburn
Production
company
ZeroFunction Productions
Distributed byVtape[1]
Release date
  • 2003 (2003) (One Minute Festival)
Running time
1 minute[2]
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Denominations is a 2003 Canadian short experimental documentary film created by video artist Daniel Cockburn about some time spent with American video artist Joe Gibbons.

Synopsis

A screenshot from Denominations

The title refers to denominations of currency.[2] The American video artist Joe Gibbons is in Daniel Cockburn's kitchen one morning during which they compare cameras. While this is taking place, a text scrolls up the left hand side of the screen, describing and commenting on the scene itself (Joe is a "self-professed sociopath" from "Massachusetts (USA)"), but also describing events that take place off screen later in the morning when they go for brunch.

Joe Gibbons appears in the film as himself. Cockburn refers to the short as a "docu-anecdote" and suggests that the phrase "a penny for your thoughts" is subject to an exchange rate in practice.[2]

Production background

In the mid 2000s, Cockburn was making several videos and short films any given year. In 2003, in addition to Denominations, he made WEAKEND, The Impostor (hello goodbye), and the first version of AUDIT.[1]

Joe Gibbons described himself as a sociopath in Confessions of a Sociopath, his "semi(?)-autobiographical masterwork",[3] for which he won an award in 2001,[4] and which Cockburn curated in Toronto in 2003.[5][6]

Release and reception

The short was screened at the 2003 One Minute Film & Video Festival in Toronto, where it won the Special Jury Prize.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Daniel Cockburn". Vtape. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Denominations". Vtape. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Joe Gibbons: Confessions of a Sociopath". lafilmforum.org. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Confessions of a Sociopath". Creative Capital. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Confessions of a Sociopath by Joe Gibbons (In Person)". Pleasure Dome. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Daniel Cockburn" (PDF). zerofunction.com. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Daniel Cockburn". London's Artist Corner. Archived from the original on 13 January 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
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