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PARIS (Metro)

Peter d'Agostino
1977-78, 5:22 min, color, sound

Description

In PARIS (Metro), d'Agostino uses the Metro's closed-circuit surveillance cameras to record the movement of passengers in and out of the subway. The monitored images allude to a found text on the confusing etymological origins of "metro" and "poly" and their metaphoric connection to the subway as a vehicle of communication, while simulating the disassociation experienced by passengers in the system.

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Comings and Goings
1977-79, 33:30 min, b&w and color, sound