So Different and Yet

This video pinpoints Coleman's appropriation of theatrical procedures: reliance on accessories and costumes, attention to gestures, work on diction.

The narrative recounted by a female character intertwines two plots constructed around the theft of a green dress, the updating of which is placed at the centre of the discourse, confirming James Coleman's interest in multiple temporalities. The verbal clichés delivered with an overdone French accent are accompanied by a series of exaggerated postures in a parody of a photographic novel. Coleman' s pioneering-at-the-time use of video - and particularly a blue background - enabled him to make the performance look like a live show.