David Askevold
David Askevold was an experimental American-Canadian artist who lived in Nova Scotia. Askevold studied art and anthropology at the University of Montana. In 1963, he won a Max Beckmann Scholarship to study painting for a year at the Brooklyn Museum Art School in New York. In 1966, he enrolled at the Kansas City Art Institute to complete a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, in Sculpture. Askevold went to Halifax and joined the faculty of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1968.
Rubber Band
as Self"Holding a rubber band between my thumbs and forefingers, I strum it as fast as I can close to...
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Knife Throw
as Self"The static camera is placed in a room lit by an overhead controlled lighting system. Two...
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Learning About Cars and Chocolates
as Self"The performer is framed within the open window facing the camera one story above the street...
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Catapult
as Self"A disk of wax soaked with lighter fluid is placed on one end of the balanced plywood. I run...
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