The video contains five works by Rose done from 1983 to 1996. The works feature Peter Rose enunciating his nonsense texts. There are stunning grids of multiple, dressed-alike images of Rose talking and gesticulating in varied ways at different times but because of the grid appearing to be present at the the same time. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The video contains five works by Rose done from 1983 to 1996. The works feature Peter Rose enunciating his nonsense texts. There are stunning grids of multiple, dressed-alike images of Rose talking and gesticulating in varied ways at different times but because of the grid appearing to be present at the the same time. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This document states, "The Pressures of the Text (1983, 17 min) integrates direct address, invented languages, ideographic subtitles, sign language, and simultaneous translation to investigate the feel and form of sense, the shifting boundaries between meaning and meaninglessness. A parody of art/critspeak, educational instruction, gothic n arrative, and pornography, it has been performed as a live work at major media centers and new music festivals in the US and Europe." The Sackner Archive hold a copy of this video work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.