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Picture Story

1979 · 7 min

A playful, cerebral experiment that turns words into building blocks, rewarding close attention with quiet conceptual wit.

Overview
“A structural work (with humor) that uses indeterminacy to forge an abstract landscape upon which the ‘vision’ of an ox appears. A sequence of words—hierarchically ordered from the utilitarian (functions and processes of the tools being used to make the piece) to the more abstract and conceptual, ‘content,’ ‘concept,’ and ‘vision’—become the building blocks of a linguistic picture story.”

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    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • art
    • technology
    Places
    None
    Era
    timeless
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • nonlinear
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism4
    Romance0
    Tension1
    Darkness1
    Complexity8
    Emotional weight2

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    Directed by
    Gary Hill
    Runtime
    7 min

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