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Starting Over

This project speculates upon the extent to which signs can be broken and meanings reassigned. The video returns me to the primal scene and tracks me chasing monkeys through the jungle, attempting to give the offending sign, with a banner saying This means hello I’m happy to see you, back to the monkeys.

Starting Over

My ending remains true to the event. After several days of chasing monkeys and thrashing through the jungle, the filming ended when the hand fell off the stick and straight into the camera, whacking me in the face and giving me a fat lip in the process

Starting Over

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