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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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