Morning Procession and Chinese Typewriter “…are two of five films in the series The China Sketches which were filmed in the People’s Republic in 1978. The Steel Chickn is a portrait of the ‘60s; Popular Songs portrays an important and hidden delirium which powers social intercourse while being invisible like the motor which keeps the earth turning; Dead End… is a quick-tempo, meditation on mating and music and death.” —D.B.

Over the last 15 years Boston-based Barnett has produced one of the most innovative bodies of avant-garde film. His strongly visceral work is marked by a devilish use of optically printed imagery and distention of time through repetition.