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Istvan Kantor alias Monty Cantsin? AMEN!

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Date:

2006

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R854-38-6-E, Volume number: 525

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Photographs

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3994524

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National Arts Centre Corporation fonds

Dance, Variety, Special Events Department

New Lives: 50 Stories Chronicling the Hungarian-Canadian Experience by V. Tony Hauser

Istvan Kantor alias Monty Cantsin? AMEN!
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Date(s):

2006

Place of creation:

Canada

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1 photograph : archival carbon inkjet print ; 58.3 x 45.6 cm on mount 88.6 x 73.4 cm.
Positive Paper Silver - gelatine
Image 58.300 x 45.600 cm
Support 71.200 x 61.000 cm
Secondary support 88.600 x 73.400 cm

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English

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Item consists of a photograph of Neoist Insurgent/Media Artist and recipient of the 2004 Governor General's Award for Visual and Media Arts, Istvan Kantor alias Monty Cantsin? AMEN!

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Photographer: Hauser, V. Tony, 1944-

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Caption : Statements by the Sitters for the Hungarian Portrait Project
Photographs by V. Tony Hauser
Organized by the National Arts Centre

Istvan Kantor alias Monty Cantsin? AMEN!
Neoist Insurgent/Media Artist, Recipient of the 2004 Governor General's Award for Visual and Media Arts

I'm gazing at the cloudy sky and dark waters at the bank of the Danube while singing a folk song to the perishing fish. Suddenly, like being struck by a powerful and unexpected lightning, I'm seized by the ghost of Neoism. I hit the road waving a toy gun in my hand. I feel beneath my heels the ribs of Rosinante. I leave everything behind not even saying goodbye to the poor fish. Budapest. Paris. Montreal. Portland. San Francisco. London. New York. Berlin. Toronto. "Why did you run away?" My answer is a long list of names. Here are a few. Endre Ady. Kassak. Kerouac. Bob Dylan. Leonard Cohen. Che Guevara. Tamko Sirato Karoly. Petofi. Buddha. Bartók. Count Dracula. David Zack. John Lennon. Frida Kahlo. Squat Theater. The Sex Pistols. Their spirit told me to do it. There were so many spirits surrounding me that I could hardly recognize them. But I can still clearly hear their voices.

"Do it Istvan, do it!"

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Signature : in black ink, recto l.r.: [copyright symbol] 2006 V. Tony Hauser, Inscription : in pencil, recto l.l.: ISTVAN KANTOR / Archival carbon inkjet print / [copyright symbol] 2006 V. TONY HAUSER - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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Portraits

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Government
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Volume [R854] 525

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Credit : V. Tony Hauser, Transfer from the National Arts Centre, Library and Archives Canada, Arch ref. no. R854-13
Copyright : V. Tony Hauser

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