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Was given a cartridge super 8 Kodak camera, one of the first in the amateur market. Other than home movies I felt that maybe can try out for "creative" inspirations. Very light thus wobbly, small physical film thus difficult to edit....yet I tried !
"THE SILENCE OF SOUND"
SUPER 8 FILM ©1973
The life of goldfish in a tank of water suggests "silence". But is it silent ? And how do they react to external vibrations ? I introduced sound to their life by playing classical music and observed, while filming, their reaction-contrast of silence to music.
Ofcourse sound could not enter their silence.		 "MISSING LINK"
SUPER 8 FILM ©1973
A decent looking man I met in the park next to the art college confessed his"crisis" to me. I invited him to the art school, gave him clay and encouraged him to be creative with his mental state. He made a bust-portrait signifying lost personality and called it "missing link", maybe the face of his present confusion ?		 "THIS IS INDIAN LAND"
SUPER 8 FILM ©1973
Encountering a railroad bridge with this message by the I.L.M.(Indian Liberation Movement) inspired me to contemplate on the relationship of the beautiful Canadian nature to the condition of the indigenous First Nation peoples in the cities.The intoxicated man symbolized "cityscape" while the plea of the message, the loss of land and rights, contrasts as "landscape".

"PROBLEM & CATHARSIS"
SUPER 8 FILM ©1973
A friend's frustration about the break up of a relationship. The messy environment he lived in during this stressful time became part of the decor exposing the "problem" he had with alcohol abuse. The "catharsis" was to get negative emotions out by striking with a hammer a big metal drum.
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"PROBLEM" "CATHARSIS"