Richard Kerr – Curriculum Vitae Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema Professor, Cinema Concordia University 1455, boul. De Maisonneuve Ouest, FB-319 Phone: (514) 848-2424 x. 4349 Fax: (514) 848-42251 Email: [email protected]

EDUCATION of Applied Arts & Technology, Media Arts Diploma, 1976-79

ACADEMIC HISTORY Professor of Cinema, Faculty of Fine Arts, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University, 1999-present Escuela International de Cine y Televison, San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba, Expanded Documentary Workshop, 2007-2009 Professor of Cinema, , Faculty of Communication / Image Arts, Fall 2008 Chair, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University, 2004-2006 Associate Professor of Film and Video Production, University of Regina, Department of Film and Video, 1986-1998 Sessional Instructor, Film Production, Department of Media Arts, Sheridan College of Applied Arts and Technology, 1982-1986 Academic Honors and Awards Professor of Distinction, Ryerson University, Faculty of Communication / Image Arts, Fall 2008 International Fellow, DeSantis Center for Motion Picture Industry Studies, College of Business, Florida-Atlantic University, Nov 2008 Inspiring Teaching Award, University of Regina, Teaching Development Center, 1998 Media Guild Award, Sheridan College of Applied Arts and Technology, Department of Media Arts, 1978

1 SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

Demi-Monde (Picture-Start). (5:42:00 min, 35mm-digital video, 2015) Morning... Cam a Day Early (9min, 16mm-digital video, 2015) HouseArrest (18 min, digital video, 2012) deMouvement (6 min, 35mm, 2009) action:study (5 min, 16mm-digital, 2008) universe of broken parts (10 min, digital video, 2007) Demi-Monde (80 min, 35mm dual projector slide projection, 120 slides, 2004) Le bombardement le porte des perles (9min, 35mm-digital, 2004) Hollywood décollage (9 min, 35mm-digital, 2004) Collage d’hollywood (8 min, 35mm, 2003) I was a strong man until I left home… (27 min, digital video, 2000) Pictures of Sound (20 min, digital video, 2000) Human tragedy on a grand scale (50 min, digital video, 1999) Never confuse movement with action… (the self-fictionalization of Patrick Hemmingway) (50 min, video, 1998) The willing voyeur… (77 min, 35mm Dolby SR, 1996) McLuhan (60 min, video, 1993) Plein Air (20 min, 16mm, 1991) Plein Air Etude (5 min, 16mm, 1991) The Machine in the Garden (20 min, 16mm, 1991) Cruel Rhythm (40 min, 16mm, 1991) The Last Days of Contrition (35 min, 16mm, 1988) On Land over Water (Six Stories) (60 min, 16mm, 1984) Canal (22min, 16mm, 1982) Luck is the Residue of Desire (20 min, 16mm, 1981) Vesta Lunch (11min, 16mm, 1978) Hawkesville to Wallenstein (6 min, 16mm/35mm, 1976)

2 SELECTED SCREENINGS

2010-2015 Festival Nouveau Cinema Morning Came A day Early, Last Days of Contrition. October 2015. House Arrest. Le Maison Française, Embassy of France. Washington DC. October 2012. House Arrest. Festival of New Cinema. Montreal, PQ. October 2012. Free Screen, International Film Festival. Collage D’Hollywood. June 2012. Last Days of Contrition 35th anniversary of Images. Images Festival, Toronto, April 2012 Les Seances Spectrales, Collectif Jeune Cinema, Paris, France, November 2012 Cinema Abattoir / Double Negative, Mineland, United Kingdom, December 2010 Action:Study 48th Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 2010

2000-2009 13th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic, October 2009 Centre European d”actions Artistiques Contemporains, Strasbourg, France, February 2009 Light Cone’s Scratch Projection at Cinema Action Christine, Paris, February 2009 38th International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands, January/February 2009 10th Festival des Cinemas Differents de Paris, Paris, December 2008 30th Festival International del Nuevo Cine Latin America, Cine Experimental, Selected Work, Havana, Cuba, December 2008 9th Festival des Cinemas Differents de Paris, Explorations Alchemiques des Cineastes Canadiens, Selected Work, Paris, November 2008 VIDEOEX International Experimental Film & Video Festival, Zurich, May 2005 Images Festival of Independent Film and Video, Toronto, April 2004 Nemo Film Festival, Paris, March 2004 Festival International de Cine Contemporaneo de Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, February 2004 Galerie National du Jeu de Paume, Paris, January 2000

3 1990-1999 Vancouver International Film Festival, Canadian Images, September 1999 Roma Film Festival, Rome, Italy, November 1996 Vancouver International Film Festival, October 1996 Festival International del Film Locarno Swisse, Official Canadian Selection, August 1996 Canadian Experimental Film Retrospective, Bologna, Italy, November 1995 Lantern, Vester Cinematheque, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, November 1994 Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia, June 1993 Athens Film Festival, Athens, Ohio, May 1993 Media Arts 911 Centre, Solo Screening, Seattle, Washington, October 1992 San Francisco Cinematheque, Solo Screening, San Francisco, October 1992 Los Angeles Film Forum, Solo Screening, Los Angeles, October 1992 CineCycle, Solo Screening, Toronto, October 1992 Wasteland - Fotographie Biennale, Rotterdam, Netherlands, September 1992 Festival of Festivals, Perspective Canada Salutes the CFMDC, Toronto, September 1992 Anthology Film Archives, New York City, February 1992 Mackenzie Art Gallery, Solo Screening, Regina, Saskatchewan, January 1992 Zeeland Film Festival, Camera Natura, The Netherlands, September 1991 Canada House, London, England, February 1990

1980-1989 Grierson Seminars, Toronto, Novemer 1989 National Gallery, Washington, D.C., November 1989 Viper Film Festival, Lucerne, Switzerland, October 1989 Millennium Film Theatre, New York City, October 1989 Anthology Film Archives, New York City, October 1989 Oberhausen Short Film Festival, Oberhausen, Germany, May 1989 International Experimental Congress, Toronto, May 1989 Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 1989 Art Gallery of Onatrio, Spirit in the Landscape, Toronto, October 1989 National Gallery of Canada, Avant-Garde Profiles, Ottawa, May 1988 Dunlop Art Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Regina, Saskatchewan, December 1988 Art Gallery of Ontario, Recent Work from the Canadian Avant-Garde, Toronto, November 1988 European Media Arts Festival, Osnabruck, Germany, October 1988

4 National Gallery of Canada, Avant-Garde Profiles, July, May 1988 Northern Visions, Images 1988, Toronto, June 1988 Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1987 Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia, 1987 Festival of Festivals, Perspective Canada, Toronto, September 1984 Canadian Images, Peterborough, Ontario, 1981 Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Michigan, 1980 Festival of Festivals, Culture Under Pressure, Toronto, 1980

RETROSPECTIVES The Films of Richard Kerr, Cinematheque Quebecoise/Cineman Libre, Montreal 2000 Overlapping Entries, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, 1993 Overlapping Entries, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, 1993 Wasteland - Fotographie Biennale, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1992

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS House Arrest. Vox Populi. Philadelphia, PA. Curated by Tom Sherman. April 2013. Snap Crack Pop (less about meaning than being) FOFA Gallery. Montreal, PQ. April 2013. Marshall McLuhan {my teacher} ... classroom to studio. L’École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal. Pop Montreal. Montreal. September 2011. Industry/Industry: Ouevres récents de Richard Kerr / Recent works by Richard Kerr, an exhibition of new works, Cinematheque Quebecoise, Salle Norman-McLaren, Montreal, curated by Brett Kashmere, November 2004-January 2005; toured to the Seoul Film Festival, Seoul, Korea, and The Images Festival, Toronto Time Inside the Image, Foreman Art Gallery at Bishop’s University, curated by Vicky Chainey Gagnon, March-April 2005 WIDE, Images Festival of Independent Film and Video, Toronto, 2001 The After Motion Picture Series, solo exhibition, mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina Overlapping Entries, mixed media installation accompanying film retrospective, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, March - May 1993

5 SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS Still Life, video installation for Regina Work Project: Shifting Territory, Neutral Ground Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, curated by Tom Sherman, May 1991 Saskatchewan, curated by Leanne Martin, August-November 1998 Patterned After, group show, Triangle gallery of Visual Art, Calgary, Alberta, curated by Jeffery Spalding, July-August 1997 Shockproof, group show, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, curated by Reginald Hamilton, May 1997 Franco Conquers the Film World, light box, City of Regina, Art Commission, on permanent display at Lawson Sports Complex, Regina, Saskatchewan, January 1997 Mendel Open, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, curated by Jeffery Spalding, 2001 Fine Arts Faculty Show, Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, January 2000 Changing Times: University of Regina Fine Arts Faculty Show, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, curated by Timothy Long, February 2000 Squareheads, group show, YYZ Artists Outlet, Toronto, January 1999

COLLECTIONS (INCLUDES FILM, VIDEO AND VISUAL ART) Toronto International Film Festival, Bell Lightbox Collection, Toronto Embassy of Canada: McLuhan Salon, Berlin, Germany La Cinematheque Quebecoise, Montreal University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta Saskatchewan Arts Board Permanent Collection Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan Telefilm Canada, Montreal Concordia University, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Montreal Carleton University, School of Art and Culture, Otttawa, Ontario McLuhan Center of Art, Toronto Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto Ryerson University, Toronto Kino Arsenal Film Archives, Berlin, Germany Queens University, Kingston, Ontario National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario National Film, Television and Sound Archives, Ottawa, Ontario

6 Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Canada Council Permanent Archives, Ottawa, Ontario Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre, Toronto Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, Regina, Saskatchewan

CURATORIAL WORK Recent Independent Cinema in Quebec, Quebec/Ontario: New Forms/New Works, A Biennial of Artistic Exchange, Ryerson University, Toronto, 2002 Foureightysix film festival, Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, Regina, Saskatchewan, 1998 Masters of the Avant-Garde, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, 1991 Spirit in the Landscape, The Art Gallery of Onatrio, Toronto, 1989; international tour, U.S.A. and Brazil Cinema Western Canada, Alliance of Independent Film and Video Associations, Annual General Meeting, Spring 1989 Hidden Cinema, (Western Tour), Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, Co-curator Spring 1989 Image-Making: Messages and Meaning, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 1984 Personal Styles: Transitions and Influences, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 1986 Image-Making: Messages and Meanings, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 1984 Personal Styles: Transitions and Influences, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 1983 Cinema Art: Survey of Non-Traditional Cinema, Centennial Art Gallery, Oakville, Ontario, 1983 Survey of Canadian Cinema, Rodman Art Gallery, St. Catherines, Ontairo, 1982.

AWARDS AND CITATIONS Saskatchewan Film and Video Showcase, Best Sound, the willing voyeur..., 1996 Ann Arbor Film Festival, Best Experimental Film, Cruel Rhythm, 1993 Saskatchewan Film and Video Showcase, Best Overall Production, Best Experimental Production, Best Soundtrack, Cruel Rhythm, 1992 Athens Film and Video Festival, Award Winner, The Last Days of Contrition, 1990 Santa Fe Expo, Award Winner, The Last Days of Contrition, 1990 San Francisco International Film Festival, The Last Days of Contrition, 1989 Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival, Golden Sheaf Award - Best Experimental Film, The Last Days of Contrition, 1989

7 Saskatchewan Film and Video Showcase, Best Experimental Production, The Last Days of Contrition, 1988 Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival, Golden Sheaf Award - Best Experimental Film, On Land Over Water (Six Stories), 1986 Academy of Canadian Cinema, Canadian Short Film Showcase, 1983 Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1982 Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1980

LECTURES AND SEMINARS I Encuentro de Documentalistas EICTV, San Antonio de los Banos, Cuba, 2009 Images, Flesh and Thought: The Work of R. Bruce Elder, Symposium, Ryerson School of Image Arts, Toronto, Panelist, February 1999 Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University, Montreal, Visiting Lecturer, March 1998 Arts of the Americas, University of New Mexico, College of Fine Arts, VisitingArtist, July 1997 Canadian Avant-Garde and America, Syracuse, University, School of Art and Design, Syracuse, New York, Visiting Artist, Nov 1992 German Solo Tour, Berlin/Dusseldorf/Freiburg/Augsburg/Hanover, sponsored by Canadian External Affairs, May 1990 The Canadian Avant-Garde Looks at America, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 1990 Saskatchewan Recording Industry Association, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Music Video Panelist, October, 1989 The Canadian Avant-Garde Looks at America, Faculty Colloquium, Concordia University, Communication Studies, Montreal, March 1989 Camera in the Video Ear, Winnipeg Film Group, Winnipeg, Manitoba, December 1988 Idea to Screen - Process and Practice, AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, November 1988 Production in Canadian University Film Programs, Canadian Film Studies Association, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Panelist, May 1988 Music Video: Directions and Trends, Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival, Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Moderator, 1987

8 ARTICLES, REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS Kerr, Richard. “The Aesthetic WOW!” INCITE! Journal of Experimental Media & Radical Aesthetics 1. (Fall 2008/Spring 2009): 38-40.

Kerr, Richard. Le bombardement le porte des perles. Cinema Different / Different Cinema, Volume 3. DVD Compliation. Lowave and Collectif Jeune Cinema, 2008.

Feesey, Linda. “Richard Kerr: Industrie.” Review. Broken Pencil Magazine 34 (Winter 2007).

Constantinides, Zoë. Industrie/Industry: Oeuvres récents / Recent works by Richard Kerr. DVD-Format Exhibition Catalog. Montreal: Concordia University and Telecine Editions, 2005. Essay by William C. Wees, Gerda Johanna Cammaer, Randolph Jordan, more.

Rannou, Pierre. “Du role de la contemplation au cinema: Quelques propos autour du travail recent de Richard Kerr.” Esse arts + opinions 55 (Automne 2005): 46-49.

Chainey Gagnon, Vicky. “Filling Time and Space: New Work by Richard Kerr.” LIFT Magazine 25, no. 1 (Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto) (January 2005): 11-14.

Kashmere, Brett. “Richard Kerr: le grande inventaire.” La Revue de la Cinematheque (Sept- Oct-Nov-Dec 2004): 14. Published by the Cinematheque Quebecoise.

Chereau, Matthieu. “Re-voir: Usage de la citation dans la video contemporaine.” Cahiers du Cinema 591 (Juin 2004): 72-73.

Stewart, Ian. “Trailers: The Art of Enticement.” Contemporary Magazine 68 (2004).

Jordan, Randolph. “INDUSTRY: An Interview with Richard Kerr.” Synoptique 5 (Nov 2004). Outline. http://www.synoptique.ca/core/en/articles/industry

Kashmere, Brett, and Richard Kerr. “Collage d’Hollywood.” Protée 31, no. 2 (Automne 2003): 47-56.

Kerr, Richard. “The Spy Who Knew Too Much.” Landscape with Shipwreck: First Person Cinema and the Films of Philip Hoffman. Ed. Karyn Sandlos and Michael

Hoolbloom. Toronto: Images Festival and Insomniac Press, 2001. 30-36.

Testa, Bart. “Richard Kerr’s Recuperation: After Motion Pictures and Les Collages de Hollywood.” Prefix Photo 4 (2001): 6-15.

9 “Richard Kerr.” Biographical Entry. Take One’s Guide to Canadian Cinema. Ed

Wyndham Wise. Toronto: Press, 2001. 115.

Douglas, Dave. “Richard Kerr.” Biographical Entry. Guide to the Cinema(s) of Canada. Ed. Peter Harry Rist. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001. 110-111.

Douglas, Dave. “Richard Kerr.” Biographical Entry. The 1999 Canadian Encyclopedia World Edition. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1999. Martin, Leanne. The After Motion Picture Series. Exhibition Catalogue. Regina: Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1998.

Pepper, Gordon. “The After Motion Picture Series.” Splice (Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative) (Fall 1998): 6-9.

Folland, Tom. “Digital Abstraction.” Squareheads. Exhibition Catalogue. Toronto: YYZ Artist’s Outlet, 1997. 5-9.

Hoolbloom, Michael. “Richard Kerr: The Last Days of Living.” Interview. Inside the Pleasure Dome: Fringe Film in Canada. Toronto: Gutter Press, 1997. 156-169.

Kerr, Richard. “The Making of the willing voyeur...” Take One (Fall 1996): 13-17. Mendenhal, Marie. Regina Filmamker Has What It Takes.” NeWest Review 19, no.2 (Dec. 1993/ Jan. 1994): 12-14.

Wise, Wyndham. “Six to Watch.” Take One 3 (Fall 1993): 32-37

Mendenhal, Marie. “Local Control.” Reel West 8, no. 4 (Oct/Nov 1993): 18-20.

Hoolbloom, Michael. “Why the Film You’re Making Won’t Be Seen in Canada: Study #2 - Wolf Man in Emerald City.” Independent Eye I2, no. 2 (Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre) (June 1991): 59-60.

Testa, Bart. Richard Kerr: Overlapping Entries. Monograph, Regina: Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1991.

Ball, Denise. “Ideas bot Ideologies.” NeWest Review (Aug/Sept 1989): 31-33.

Falsetto, Mario. “Richard Kerr’s Last Days of Contrition.” Cinema Canada (Oct 1988): 44.

Testa, Bart. “Hawkesville to Wallenstein and The Last Days of Contrition.” Cinema Canada (Oct 1988): 44.

10 Elder, R. Bruce. “Living Fictions: Richard Kerr’s On Land over Water.” C Magagzine (Aug 1985): 79-84.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Les Rendez-vou du cinema quebecoise, Art and Experimentation Awards Jury, Feb 2002 Canada Council, Millenium Arts Fund, Juror, June 1999 Ann Arbor Film Festival, Advisory Board Member, 1997-2000 Canada Council, Co-op Assessment Juror, March 1996 Canada Council, Film Production Juror, July 1995 Saskatchewan Motion Picture Association, Board Member, Nov 1992 Saskatchewan Arts Board, Film Acquisition Consultant, July 1992 Saskatchewan Arts Board, Film Production Juror, May 1992 Canada Council, Explorations Jury, Edmonton, Alberta, June 1991 Canada Council, Film Production Juror, October 1990 Ann Arbor Film Festival, Michigan, Jury Member, March 1990 Canada Council, Explorations Jury,Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, March 1990 Arts Strategy Task Force, Government of Saskatchewan Appointment, November 1989-1990 Canada Council, Film Production Juror, February 1989 Plains Canada Conference, Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, Regina, Coordinator, Fall 1989 Neutral Ground Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Board Member, 1989 Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, Board of Directors, Executive & Finance Committees, 1987-1990 Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Center, Toronto, Board of Directors, 1984-1988 Art Gallery of Ontario, Artists with their Work, 1983-1990 Brakhage/Elder Lectures, Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, Coordinator, 1988 Ontario Arts Council, Film Production Juror, January 1988 Juno Awards, Music Video Juror, 1987 Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival, Saskatchewan, Pre-selector, 1987 Ontario Arts Council, Film Production Juror, 1985

GRANTS AND EQUITY FUNDING CASA Grant, Concordia University, Research Funding, 2007 CASA Grant, Concordia University, Research Funding, 2005

11 CASA Grant, Concordia University, Research Funding, 2003 Conseil des arts et lettres du Quebec, Installation Project Grant, Industrie/Industry: Oeuvres recents de Richard Kerr / Recent works by Richard Kerr (formerly titled collage d’hollywood: the installation), 2002 Conseil des arts et lettres du Quebec, Film Production Grant, collage d’hollywood, 2001 Canada Council, Film Production Grant, Anxiety 1.0, 2001 FRDP Grant, Concordia University, Research Funding, 2000 CASA Grant, Concordia University, Project Completion, 1999 Saskatchewan Arts Board, A-Grant, Media Arts, never confuse movement with action, May 1997 Saskatchewan Arts Board, Visual Arts Grant, January 1996 Cultural Industry Development Fund, Matching Grant, the willing voyeur, November 1994 SaskFilm and Video Development, Equity Funding, the willing voyeur, April 1993 National Film Board of Canada, Prairie Centre, Equity Funding, the willing voyeur, May 1993 National Film Board of Canada, Prairie Centre, Equity Funding, the willing voyeur, April 1993 Canada-Saskatchewan Partnership Agreement on Culture for Professional Development Grant, the willing voyeur, April 1993 Canada Council, Film Production Grant, the willing voyeur, July 1992 Saskatchewan Arts Board, Film Production Grant, the willing voyeur, April 1992 Saskatchewan Film Development Project, Equity Funding, the willing voyeur, April 1992 Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, Film Production Grant, the willing voyeur, January 1992 Canada Council, Film Production Grant, Cruel Rhythm, January 1992 National Film Board of Canada, P.A.F.P.S., Film Completion Assistance, Cruel Rhythm, 1991 National Film Board of Canada, Prairie Centre, Equity Funding, the willing voyeur, May 1991 SaskFilm and Video Development, Script Development, Phase I, the willing voyeur, June 1990 Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, Film Completion Grant, Plein Air, November 1989 Canada Council, Film Production Grant, Cruel Rhythm, June 1989 Saskatchewan Arts Board, Film Production Grant, The Last days of Contrition, April 1989 FUND (Foundation to Underwrite New Drama), First Choice, Canada Communication Corporation, Script Completion Grant, After the Long Silence, feature film based on the mystery of Tom Thomson, May 1988 Saskatchewan Arts Board, Film Completion Grant, The Last Days of Contrition, 1987

12 National Film Board of Canada, P.A.F.P.S., Film Completion Assistance, The Last Days of Contrition, 1987 Canada Council, Film Production Grant, The Last days of Contrition, 1986 Ontario Arts Council, Film Production Grant, The Last days of Contrition, April 1986 Academy of Canadian Cinema, Short Film Showcase, Hawkesville to Wallenstein, 1983 Canada Council, Film Production Grant, On Land over Water (Six Stories), 1982 Ontario Arts Council, Film Production Grant, Canal, 1981 Ontario Arts Council, Film Production Grant, Luck is the Residue of DesireI, 1980

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