Machines for the Suppression of Time - ACE108.5

Collaged images. Different phrases added to Union Jack background: "England makes laws", "Has colonies", "Keeps Peace", etc., roughly following an historical sequence. Images from the film. Commentary says "It is now possible to ask once again, ‘What has happened to the Englishman?’. The memory of the Englishman is contained in language, which brings about a repetition not dissimilar to the formation of an image in his mind…" thus reinforcing what may be inaccurate cultural perceptions. Magazine article from 1918 headed "Backs to the Wall Again". Images from the film. Commentary suggests that "as a sign, a picture is arbitrary, but its function is to mediate an ever-present set of oppositions". View of the whole flag-shaped display of slogans, and details of them as opposites; altering the arrangement. Door closed. Various images from film. Commentary says that "The syntagm now constitutes a whole..." in different ways and "has moved". Some images overlaid with others. Woman in garden. Man in room. Picture of warheads, woman now seated in front of it. Man passing statures in gardens. He and woman now meet. "The syntagm has moved from name to answer." Man on beach. Woman draws MCM in sand and it is amended to MGM. Credits. THE END.