(part of ‘Appreciation: a video exchange on James St. North’)
by Liss Platt
2011, 4 minutes, HD video, Color, Sound

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 video portrait is of ‘Manny,’ the owner of Jamesville Ceramics & Paint on James St. North.