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Title
Slab City: Reel 034
Creator
Durbin, Greg
George, Sherman
Date Created and/or Issued
December, 1989
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, The UC San Diego Library
Collection
Slab City
Rights Information
Under copyright
Constraint(s) on Use: This work is protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Use of this work beyond that allowed by "fair use" requires written permission of the copyright holder(s). Responsibility for obtaining permissions and any use and distribution of this work rests exclusively with the user and not the UC San Diego Library. Inquiries can be made to the UC San Diego Library program having custody of the work.
Use: This work is available from the UC San Diego Library. This digital copy of the work is intended to support research, teaching, and private study.
Rights Holder and Contact
Greg Durbin
Sherman George
Description
Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art
Humanities and Social Sciences
Davey Lopez on digital guitar as Lauren Sack plays fiddle; technical problems with audio and video quality at times during tape. Arkie, an older man with a beard, roller skates on concrete slab while music plays on radio. Camera does interesting 360 degree pans (with lens flare) to track Arkie's motions on skates.
UC San Diego Library, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0175 (https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/contact)
Type
moving image
Format
Videotape; 22 minutes, 26 seconds
Form/Genre
documentaries
video recordings
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb3448675k
Language
English
Subject
Campgrounds
Christmas
Military camps
Periodic markets
Christmas decorations
Consumers
Flea markets
Alternative lifestyles
Skates (pedestrian vehicles)
Camping trailers
Radio receivers
Landscapes (environments)
Bicycles
Concrete slabs
Musicians
Deserts
Elderly
Foundations (structural elements)
Interviews
Dancers
Documentaries
Video recordings
Niland, Imperial, California, United States
Salton Sea, California, United States
Place
Niland, Imperial, California, United States
Salton Sea, California, United States

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