Item 2747 - Museum Piece (Hotel Diaries 2)

Identity area

Reference code

ES OVNI RSC-2747

Title

Museum Piece (Hotel Diaries 2)

Date(s)

  • 2009 (Accumulation)
  • 2004 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

Video

Context area

Name of creator

John Smith

Biographical history

Repository

Non-Identified Video Observatory (OVNI)

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

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Scope and content

Made over six years in the hotels of six different countries, Hotel Diaries is a series of video recordings which relate personal experiences to the current conflicts in the Middle East. In these works, which play upon chance and co-incidence, the hotel room is employed as a 'found' film set, where the architecture, furnishing and decoration become the means by which the filmmaker's small adventures are linked to major world events. Works in the series include Frozen War (Ireland, 2001), Museum Piece (Germany, 2004), Throwing Stones (Switzerland, 2004), B & B (England, 2005), Pyramids/Skunk (The Netherlands 2006/7), Dirty Pictures (Palestine 2007) and Six Years Later (Ireland 2007).

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Conditions governing access

Press: Yes; Catalogue: Yes; Itinerancies: No; Online archive: No; Television: No

Conditions governing reproduction

copyright

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

    Language and script notes

    Physical characteristics and technical requirements

    Llengua: Inglés. Països: United Kingdom (Great Britain)

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    images/posters/2747_hotel Diaries_Museum Piece_VoEng.jpg

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    Notes area

    Note

    xxx georgia es una compilacion de videos con el titulo Hotel room en un dvd AL FINAL TODOS ESTAN CON EL MISMO ID. ID 2815 DVD766

    Alternative identifier(s)

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    museum-piece-hotel-diaries-2

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    Description identifier

    ES_OVNI_2004_smijoh006-museum-piece-hotel-d

    Institution identifier

    OVNI

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    Status

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation revision deletion

    Language(s)

    • Catalan

    Script(s)

    • Latin

    Sources

    http://johnsmithfilms.com/selected-works/hotel-diaries/

    Archivist's note

    xxx

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