Facing down the idea of dragging a crate of over one hundred three-quarter inch Umatic mastertapes and raw footage along on yet another move, I decided to create new digital masters and then destroyed the originals. Bye Bye Three- Quarter Inch began with the documentation of that task.

Duration: 6:39 minutes
Format: Digital8

The full title of this work is: Bye Bye Three-Quarter Inch – 3⁄4 inch U-matic Retrospective Forward. The content of this tape was selected from works completed: 1982-1996.

Two versions of this work exist. The first one shows Valerie LeBlanc unwinding 3⁄4 inch tape overlaid with archival bubbles moving across the screen. The second version is a split screen with LeBlanc destroying tapes on the left and archival material on the right.

Screenings: 2004 Faculty Exhibition, IKG, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, AB • 2005 Prairie Tales 7th Annual Tour of Alberta Film & Video • 2005 Alberta Scene Albertaine, National Archives Theatre, Ottawa, ON