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Canada | Concept: Frampton, Hollis (letters) | Director: Wieland, Joyce
 

 Joyce Wieland
«Reason over Passion / La Raison avant la Passion»

Hollis Frampton generated the alphabetical permutations for «Reason over Passion / La Raison avant la Passion,» which offers 537 algorithmically determined combinations of the letters in the title, Pierre Elliot Trudeau's most characteristic motto. Combinations of these letters are superimposed over a fast-motion trip through the landscapes of Canada. In tracing the contours of those landscapes from one coast to the next, Wieland points out the hugely varied specifics of the «here» of Canada while continuing to contest any simple conclusions about individual passion for the landscape and political behaviour.
Robin Curtis