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VIDEO
GESTURES
RECORDINGS
ON ½ INCH BLACK-AND-WHITE VIDEOTAPES
CREATED BETWEEN 1972 AND 1974
IN
COLLABORATION WITH VILÉM FLÜSSER
This
work benefited from the active collaboration of Vilém
Flüsser, the philosopher and seminal theoretician of
new media. The hand gestures, body postures, facial expressions,
and physical behavior of a number of people representing various
professions observed in characteristic situations of social
interaction are recorded on videotape: Professor Flüsser
smoking his pipe, a hairdresser, lovers in public, people
waiting in line…
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