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Help! I’m Stranded…

1981, 4:13

Help! I'm stranded in a Spartanburg motel room with 1) a broken TV, 2) some note-cards and 3) a red crayon. It's a true story. A rubbing film, plays with sound-image relationships, a bit of a guessing game for the surfaces of a hotel room.

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I was stranded in a hotel room. What to do?

I was stranded in a hotel room. What to do?

I used a crayon and notecards...

I used a crayon and notecards...

to explore my space.

to explore my space.

I cut out letters and glued them down...

I cut out letters and glued them down...

so I could rub the title, too.

so I could rub the title, too.

The heater grate

The heater grate

The lamp chain, rubbed more than once.

The lamp chain, rubbed more than once.