This document states, "The Pressures of the Text (1983, 17 min) integrates direct address, invented languages, ideographic subtitles, sign language, and simultaneous translation to investigate the feel and form of sense, the shifting boundaries between meaning and meaninglessness. A parody of art/critspeak, educational instruction, gothic n arrative, and pornography, it has been performed as a live work at major media centers and new music festivals in the US and Europe." The Sackner Archive hold a copy of this video work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.