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John's super 8 film (photos below)

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A series of Camera Dances using the camera as a centrifuge.

John dances with the camera, swinging it around himself on a long cord, keeping it always aimed at himself, while it turns its own way on the cord. Five versions in different locations.

Developed from a scene in John's 16mm student film Independent Filmmaking (1974), and inspired by a scene from Sergio Leone's movie The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (1966).

Cinefuge 4 & 5 (1980/81, super 8, colour, 4.5 minutes, sound on film)
The only sound version. It begins with a sync-sound version (#5) shot on the grounds of Little Trinity Church as a TV commercial, with John talking to the viewer about his upcoming show at The Funnel Experimental Film Theatre in Toronto.
It ends with version #4 with John's friend, dancer Judith Miller, joining the dance in Bickford Park, and which was shot on silent film, then sound-striped and post-dubbed with out-take sounds from version #5.

Cinefuge 3 (1977, super 8, colour, 7 minutes, silent)
John's friends, filmmaker Lori Spring and dancer Judith Miller join the dance in High Park.

Cinefuge 2 (1977, super 8, colour, 3.5 minutes, silent)
John in a gazebo in St. James Park.

Cinefuge 1 (1974, super 8, colour, 3.5 minutes, silent)
John in West Riverdale Park.

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Cinefuge 4 (1980) - Judith Miller and John Porter in Bickford Park, Toronto
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Cinefuge 5 (1981) - John Porter on the grounds of Little Trinity Church, Toronto

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