Lapse Communication(1980)

Lapse Communication Synopsis

Writes Kobayashi, "In 1972 I started a series of participatory performances where the first person performs an ambiguous action in front of a recording camera; the next person watches the recorded footage and imitates the action in front of a recording camera; the third person repeats the same procedure using the second person's video recording, and so on. Within the repetition of recording and action, the original gesture is transformed by the participants' misunderstanding, interpretation, and memory."

Lapse Communication (1980) is a film directed by Hakudo Kobayashi, released on April 10, 1980 with a runtime of 16m.