Tale Enclosure

Tale Enclosure — Plot

Returning to the primal source of language, Hill explores the physical and subconscious origins of speech. In a continuous shot of a rhythmic, linguistically inspired chant-performance by George Quasha and George Stein, the camera wanders from mouth to face to hands to figure in an open-ended visual search. The performers use the body as an acoustic instrument of sound and abstract utterances.

• Release date
• January 1, 1985
• Runtime
• 6 min
• Director
• Gary Hill