[Eel Road Exhibition Video 2019]

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Video recording of an interview with poet Teel Sale, recorded by William "Bill" Mackie. The video opens with a poem written by Teel Sale, titled "Feeding Eels," and begins with the opening "Hidden in the Gardens of Chellah." The voice-over after the poem is an unidentified woman describing the cultures and myths of women offering eggs to the Gods of Fertility. In the video a sculpture by artist Nancy Oakley Klapp, titled "Women at the Pond," crafted with paper mâché, plexiglass, eggs, and acrylic paint. The prints are hand-made by artist, Gloria Sanchez-Hart. Each woman talks about their personal and … continued below

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1 videodisc (8 min, 27 sec.) : digital ; 12 cm.

Creation Information

Mackie, William B. Summer 2019.

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This video is part of the collection entitled: Teel Sale Collection and was provided by the UNT Libraries Special Collections to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 76 times. More information about this video can be viewed below.

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  • Main Title: [Eel Road Exhibition Video 2019]
  • Alternate Title: Eels Original Version
  • Alternate Title: Eels Original Version DVD Disk

Description

Video recording of an interview with poet Teel Sale, recorded by William "Bill" Mackie. The video opens with a poem written by Teel Sale, titled "Feeding Eels," and begins with the opening "Hidden in the Gardens of Chellah." The voice-over after the poem is an unidentified woman describing the cultures and myths of women offering eggs to the Gods of Fertility. In the video a sculpture by artist Nancy Oakley Klapp, titled "Women at the Pond," crafted with paper mâché, plexiglass, eggs, and acrylic paint. The prints are hand-made by artist, Gloria Sanchez-Hart. Each woman talks about their personal and collaborative process of the artwork they are creating. This video includes behind the scenes footage of the exhibition Eel Road at Bihl Haus Arts during the summer of 2019.

Physical Description

1 videodisc (8 min, 27 sec.) : digital ; 12 cm.

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Video was recorded by William "Bill" Mackie, PhD. Bill Mackie was a professor in the Radio-Television-Film Department at the University of Texas.

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  • Preferred Citation: Teel Sale Collection (AR0937), University of North Texas Special Collections

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Teel Sale Collection

Selected material drawn from a larger tangible collection of artist and poet Teel Sale's work.

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  • Summer 2019

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  • Feb. 5, 2020, 10:23 p.m.

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  • Feb. 6, 2020, 4:56 p.m.

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  • 29.469607, -98.531636

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Mackie, William B. [Eel Road Exhibition Video 2019], video, Summer 2019; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1612901/: accessed May 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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