It seems to me
that one of the more interesting aspects
the process of displacing the human figure or puppet
into different media can accomplish
is to make it difficult to determine
what image is prior.

While I can posit the existence of the performer
before the image that is filmed or video-ed,
I also recognize that the demands of technology
require that the image I see is prior to the figure
as he/she/it now is present;
but that assurance can be shattered by revealing
that the video is image
is being produced by the operation of the video camera
at this very moment,
although it would be possible to construct
an image that appeared to be broadcast simultaneously
with the present image
then reveal itself
as prior to the present.