SHe (1983)

Seaman constructs this evocative visual and verbal poem through a collage of image music and spoken text Originally shot in Super8 film SHe is a lyrical rumination on the dualities of male and female sound and image motion and stasis Seaman shot an industrial landscape from the window of a moving train isolating the architectures sculptural elements and subtly altering the images with slowed and staggered motion Seamans hypnotic chanted text is a litany of associative and metaphorical phrases that through linguistic and symbolic associations defines the elusive genderless identity of the title