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…