Prefaces

1981 | 10 minutes | 7.0 ★ (2)

Prefaces
  • Overview

    Prefaces is composed of wild sounds constructed along entropic lines, placed tensely beside bebop rhythms, and a resurfacing narrative cut from a dialogue with poet Hannah Weiner. Child tells us, “The tracks are placed in precise and asynchronous relation to images of workers, the gestures of the marketplace, colonial Africa, and abstractions, to pose questions of social force, gender relations and subordination.” This tape serves as a pre-conscious preface to the parts that follow, whose scope and image bank are more narrowly defined.

  • Release Date

    01 January 1981

  • DirectingAbigail Child
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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