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<!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE -- Rhonda Abrams is a Canadian video artist best known for her works of Lament of the Sugar Bush Man and Myth of the Fishes. (VTape 1)To further explain the Vtape article simply titled “Rhonda Abrams” states “Rhonda Abrams is remarkable among Canadian video artists for her captivating use of song to drive the narratives of her tapes. Using the operetta and folkloric song form she creates allegorical investigations into our relationship to nature....Marilyn Burgess, 1998” (VTape 1) Abrams’ film Lament of the Sugar Bush Man states “In this videotape, a maple sugar farmer sings a lament about the loss of his family farm. For him, the sugar bush represented not only a livelihood, but a way of life. He blames industry, government, and himself for its destruction and realizes that the death of his maples is the beginning of the death of much more.” (VTape 1) The short film is approximately 12 minutes long and was created in 1987. (MoMa 1) When she’s not doing art she offers people practical advice, Abrams states “Get it in writing. Many artists are hired by other companies to work for them — composing music for a company's video game, painting a mural for a restaurant, creating logos or writing marketing copy. It's imperative you get a good contract (you can call it an agreement if you're more comfortable with that term).” (Proquest 1) The other work Myth of the Fishes described by Colin Campbell“ The tale is about the mayhem of leisure fishing. The novice is horrified once a fish is caught and bludgeoned to death, then thrilled when, after she has gutted the fish, it slips from her hands into the water and swims away.” (Cinema Canada 9) This shows how deep Rhonda’s work can get and how deep and meaningful it shows itself.