Figuring Grounds
Figuring Grounds – like Tale Enclosure, 1985 – was edited from three hours of recordings made at the Stained Glass Studio in Barrytown, New York, where Hill’s Why Do Things Get in a Muddle? (Come On Petunia), 1984, was also taped. Facing one another, Quasha and Stein begin vocalizing from the very grain of language, and the improvisational search for voices passes through recognizable swarms of phonemes with a possible word or phrase briefly coming into focus now and then. Camera movements and continual focal play mirror the highly nuanced vocal expression, tightly coupled with body and facial movements. The voices build upon one another, rising and falling in volume and pitch, sometimes in unison, other times in “conversation,” in a seeming attempt to let the primary roots of language speak for themselves.
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- Released
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- Language
- EN
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical1 Jan 2008
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- When was Figuring Grounds released?
- Figuring Grounds was released on 1 January 2008.
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- Who directed Figuring Grounds?
- Figuring Grounds (2008) was directed by Gary Hill.
- How long is Figuring Grounds?
- Figuring Grounds runs for 7m.












