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Tags: 1970s, black and white, silent, chair, man, Umatic, performance art

Author: Peter Svilans

Date Submitted: April 03, 2009

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Overview: A still of a record player appears on the screen for a few seconds. The screen becomes black for a few more seconds until the title appears written in white capital letters on a black background. Suddenly a man is seated facing the viewer in the centre on the screen in a room with a curtain backdraft. His legs are crossed and his hand is resting on his face as if he is thinking or observing something. He gets up and walks toward the left side of the screen where another chair sits. The camera focuses on the chair but the man does not sit on it or even remain on the screen as he seems to have turned back to his original place. The camera begins to move toward the original chair to the right and the man is walking back to his original place. He sits down just as he was seated before as the piece ends.

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