Wheels/Trails
Wheels/Trails draws inspirations from John Cage’s cut-and-splice sound collage, “Williams Mix,” which he composed using chance operations by throwing I-Ching sticks. Wheels/Trails juxtaposes actors speaking inane commercial dialogue that was randomly gleaned from television by means of a recorder programed by weather statistics, with film projection of native beans, feathers, and squash in slow motion, to make the point that the roads and highways of our urbanized civilization are built over ancient footpaths worn by Native peoples. Ultimately, the performance expresses the idea that we live in a mashup of cultures, where the present is a thin veneer stretched over the past. A droning electronic soundtrack by the band Short-Term Memory also suggests a missing presence. - P. V. Z.
Year: 1987
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Director: Peter von Ziegesar
Cast: Lisa Cordes, Scott Cordes
Crew: Peter von Ziegesar (Director), Max Maximik (Music), Jim Skeel (Music), Peter von Ziegesar (Editor)
Runtime: 10 minutes
Release: Jan 01, 1987
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Language: English
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