[NetBehaviour] XOOX

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  This is a filmic-project that I started in the early 
'80-s.' It was simply, a year's documentation of the firing 
of the noon-day gun in Halifax. I was much more concerned 
with the development of a ritual process of being in 
position to film this moment day-after-day for one-year, 
than with the film itself. I was attending graduate-school 
when this project unfolded, so I would have to excuse myself 
from my teaching-duties or conversations every day in order 
to attend to a different moment. After a while, the retired 
legionnaire who fired the cannon became accustomed to seeing 
me make my way up to the fortress every day; occasionally he 
would deliberately fire the cannon a little early or late, 
just to mess with my ritual (and all the similar events in 
town that were structured on hearing the noon-day gun). 
Rather than have all these super8 outakes just run 
end-to-end, I cut them up into fixed lengths (multiples of 
10 frames I think it was...) and crudely spliced them 
together in my studio. You'll notice scratches, dirt and 
jumping frames. That 'decisive moment' is perpetually 
distended and dislocated. Until now, the expense of making 
prints (16mm blow-up was the plan) prevented me from 
'finishing' the film (and in some ways it wasn't necessary). 
I had the film transfered to video at the local supermarket 
and then I digitized and colorized it at work. You can 
download the first and second parts of this miniature (60x45 
pixel) Quicktime film now.

     * xoox.mov 26 mb
     * xoox2.mov 28mb
     * arrival movie

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