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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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