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Incidence of Catastrophe

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In the video, Thomas the protagonist is played by Hill which confounds the self-reflexive nature of the book’s relationships all the more, making the video something of a “transcreation.” The “reader” begins in the liquidity of the text almost as if he were waking from drowning. Images of the sea ravishing the shore – small cliffs of sand eroding and collapsing – are inter-cut with extreme close-ups of text and the texture of the page and book itself being flooded with ocean waves. In scene after scene the reader attempts to re-enter the book only to find himself a part of intense dreams and hallucinations.

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Language
English

Behind the camera

Director

Gary Hill

Writers

Gary Hill

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United States of America

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  • United StatesUS

    • Physical"Collected Video Essays" Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California5 May 1988

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Incidence of Catastrophe was released on 5 May 1988.

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