Narrative:
The VHS cassette is a 187 mm wide, 103 mm deep, 25 mm thick plastic shell held together with five Phillips head screws.
Fuji and JVC VHS tapes made in Japan and assembled in China
TDK makes tapes in Japan and assemble the cassettes in Thailand

Petroleum refineries; Power generation and supply; Plastics material and resin manufacturing; Coal mining; Alumina refining and primary aluminum production; Other basic organic chemical manufacturing; Oil and Gas extraction; Motor vehicle parts and manufacturing; Truck transportation; Oil and gas extraction; Iron and steel mills. Land use includes: Logging; Forest nurseries, forest products, and timber tracts; Cattle ranching and farming;

Schorned Orchids (no sound) was a film I made in 1999 in Boston, MA, on black and white Super-8 film with a Bolex purchased in a thrift store in South Boston. The film was developed in Boston at

and transferred onto video with a borrowed vhs video camera and super-8 projector purchased in a thrift store. This VHS tape has moved with me from Boston MA to Portland OR to New Haven CT to New York City.