(part of ‘Appreciation: a video exchange on James St. North’)
by Liss Platt
2011, 3 minutes, Super-8 film, silent

I was commissioned to create five short works in response to the economic and social changes taking place in the James St. North area in Hamilton, Ontario. “Appreciation: a video exchange on James St. North” was conceived in response to the coexistence of traditional businesses and new art-related organizations on James North and the lack of integration between these two communities. The project involved creating rather conventional documentary portraits of long-standing businesses that were displayed in art spaces and creating more experimental Super-8 films that were displayed in the participating businesses.

This short Super-8 piece reflects on the old and the new, and their current juxtaposition, in the James North neighborhood.