Gary Hill - Happenstance (Part One of Many Parts) (1983)

The Rutt-Etra is an image synthesizer that produces live modulation of oscilloscopic forms. This special technique has enabled Gary Hill to give this quality of presence to the visual transformations of Happenstance. What actually takes place is produced there and then, like the crystallisation of thought: words, forms, images are all bound and unbound. The musical rhythm and rapidity of the links make Happenstance a "conceptual clip". Gary Hill is at his peak here inasmuch as, in Happenstance, thought is e