CHINA 88 (1988)

The series of films The Movement of People Working portrays human labor in its most elementary form Shot by Niblock between 197391 on 16mm color film and later video and in locations including Peru Mexico Hungary Hong Kong the Arctic Brazil Lesotho Portugal Sumatra China and Japan the series comprises over 25 hours of footage It focuses on work as a choreography of movements and gestures dignifying the mechanical yet natural repetition of laborers actions