365 days

the vid is compressed to 5% (to fit the 100mb max here) - hence the pixelation. it is 6 mins long. the set of (11) still photographs was taken at a restaurant in chinatown. it's repeated 365 times. while you're 'stuck' watching the Sisyphean repetition, with the option to pause/fast forward, 365 is the number of days/year most businesses are opened in chinatown here (366 for leap years). 6:00a.m. to 8:00p.m. (or 12noon to 2a.m. depending on biz/shift) 7 day/wk with 1 day off/month schedules are not unusual. my grandmother used to talk about having to work so much that dying would be the only way to have free time; but one might be too busy to die...

for better quality: http://www.vimeo.com/20314136