the book deals with questions of male companionship in the context of familiar and institutional relations; professionals approaching the subject of an obligatory companionship and describing norms of social behavior. the image in this video was taken from the book cover. the animation of the image questions inter-personal relations, expressing the subtle contours of explicit affection not represented in the book, but merely suggested by the original image; contrary to the "normative" program to which the book was destined.