Peter Rose - Volume 1: Video Performance - Digital Speech/Pressures of the Text (1983)

Synopsis: A collection of two short films by experimental filmmaker Peter Rose. "Digital Speech" (1984, 13 minutes) and "Pressures of the Text" (1983, 17 minutes). Using a traveler's anecdote and a variant... A collection of two short films by experimental filmmaker Peter Rose. "Digital Speech" (1984, 13 minutes) and "Pressures of the Text" (1983, 17 minutes). Using a traveler's anecdote and a variant of a classic Zen parables as a means to explore language, thought, and gesture, Rose combines a medley of communication methods, including direct address, invented languages, ideographic subtitles, sign language, and simultaneous translation to investigate the feel and form of sense. Ultimately, the film questions the tenuous division between meaning and meaninglessness. [More]