FILM
Paul Bush
AnimateTV 1999
1999
Duration: 5'15"
1'13" extract
All change at Bush’s place. An object lesson in the fecundity of things. Variety is the spice as Wittgenstein pitches us into musical chairs, tables, apples and shoes with his thoughts on certainty, or its lack.
Credits
Director Paul Bush
Music Andy Cowton
Synopses
All change at Bush’s place. An object lesson in the fecundity of things. Variety is the spice as Wittgenstein pitches us into musical chairs, tables, apples and shoes with his thoughts on certainty, or its lack.
'What prevents me from supposing that this table either vanishes or alters its shape when no one is observing it and then when someone looks at it again it changes back? But he feels like saying – who is going to suppose such a thing?' Ludwig Wittgenstein, On Certainty (1949-51).
Paul Bush accepts the challenge of the philosopher and changes not only a table but also chairs, shoes, jugs, teapots and almost anything and everything lying around his house.
Full credits
Director Paul Bush
Music Andy Cowton
Thanks to Nikolay Moustakov, Jane Bush, Mina Mileva, and all who lent or moved furniture
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