Anti-film by artist Abbott makes us realise how obvious we think it is that images communicate, and how exceptional it is when they don’t.
Confounding and intriguing in its hyper-minimalism and fragmentation, Abbott’s video seems to come from musical traditions (Cage, atonal music) or linguistic theory rather than from cinema or the visual arts. A sly work of rupture, questioning the very basis of understanding. (Onion City Festival)