The Rumour of true things

United States, 1996

Artwork

Most of the moving images produced for science, industry, commerce and medicine are seen only by specialised audiences and are then discarded soon after they are made.

The Rumour of True Things’ is constructed entirely from such moving images ephemera, including computer games, weapons testing, production lines, monitoring and marriage agency tapes.The Rumour of True Things’ is a remarkable anthropological portrait of a technologically-based society obsessed with imaging itself.

Taken from PROOF exhibition November 2004

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Collection

In ACMI's collection

Previously on display

13 February 2005

ACMI Screen Gallery

Credits

creator

Paul Bush

director

Paul Bush

editor

Paul Bush

Duration

00:26:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1996

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1000086

Language

English

Audience classification

unclassified

Subject categories

Digital Art

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Technology

Sound/audio

Audio Format/Stereo

Colour

Black and White

Colour

Object Types

Artwork

Materials

Single channel moving image, black and white and colour and audio

Holdings

Digital Betacam [NTSC]; Master

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master

VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded

DVD [PAL]; Exhibition Copy

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

Collected

2 times

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