Five Conversations    2005                                                                    h a n n a h    b u r r





       Project Description:
I recorded five conversations with friends and family, and then documented repeating events, gestures and elements of communication from each conversation. The images below are details of the resulting work: for each conversation, a wooden block and a sculptural work on paper. Hits in wood, wax fills, dips in ink and tools pushed into wet paper represent every recorded detail of each exchange. A sample record is included below.

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       Titles:
1. 4 of 5 blocks, each representing a conversation, second translation.

2. 'PB and HB: Ways to mark and cut wood, Cassis Bakery, Beverly MA 01.05.05' Translation 1, ink and paper, 10 x 8" detail.

3. 'KB and HB: Sofitel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 12/08/04' Translation 1, ink and paper, 10 x 8" detail.

4. two second translations: 'HB: To Do List, En Route to Gloucester, 01.20.05' and 'ML and HB: Six Paintings. ML's House, Boston, 01.20.05'

5. 'MK, MM and HB: Brainstorm. Casablanca Restaurant, Cambridge MA, 01.06.05'Translation 1, ink and paper, 10 x 8" detail.

6. 'Installation view

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            Sample Documentation from Films
1. Ways to Mark and Cut Wood - Paul Burr and Hannah Burr


1805 0:52 A1


26 times pb touches pen to paper in his drawing
2 gestural descriptions by pb
1 clarifying interruption by hb
1 sip of coffee by hb
3 hands visible in frame
1 question by hb, interruption
3 questions by pb
3 affirmative answers by hb
4 seconds of silence
1 bang and
1 sound of a bell on the door
102 two words by pb
3 words by hb
2 broken sentences by pb
1 example by pb

1806 0:11 A1


10 times pb touches pen to paper
0 sips
2 hands visble
22 words by pb
1 word by hb
1 question by pb
1 answer by hb

1807 0:15 A1

5 tra ces of lines by hb with finger
2 paper shifts by hb
3 hands visible
13 words by pb
12 words by hb
1 q by pb
1 broken sentence by hb
1 clunk in background

1809 0:49 A1

13 times pb touches pen to paper in his drawing
1 sip by hb
3 times hbs hand touches the table
3 hands visible
52 words spoken by pb
5 words spoken by hb
1 incident where both people talk at once
3 seconds where talk is garbled by simultaneous talk
1 question asked by pb
1 self correction by pb
2 broken sentences by pb
18 seconds of silence

1810 0:59 A1

9 demonstrative taps by pb at his drawing
2 cups visible on the table
3 hands visible
10 roll so of thumb to forefinger by pb
1 sip by pb
1 person visible in background, outside the window
24 seconds person stands reading menu on the window outside
35 words by pb
2 questions by pb
1 laugh episode by pb
104 words by hb
2 questions by hb
2 broken sentences by hb
2 broken sentences by pb
6 ums by hb
3 clunks in the bg

1811 0:53 A1

3 hand positions of pb
1 passerby outside
2 trucks passing
7 total vehicles pass
3 scratches/rubs of face by pb
5 unidentified objects coming in from left side of the frame
117 words spoken by hb
5 words spoken by pb
2 questions asked, one each
2 broken sentence by hb
2 likes by hb
1 disclaimer/apology by hb
1 example given by hb
1 audible car wooshing by
3 audible voices in conversation in bg
2 shuffling sounds in bg
2 klunks of the door in bg
1 cup visible in frame


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