Habit (2001) is the name of Bordowitz's new video work. A sequel to his earlier work, Fast Trip, Long Drop (1993), Habit addresses contemporary AIDS activism and a historically specific autobiographical perspective on living with AIDS.
"I'm sculpting speech acts when I make a documentary," is one way that Bordowitz describes his creative process. "Sometimes I switch the metaphor and I'm not a sculptor, I'm a composer. I'm making music with other people's words." The speech acts and music of Habit include interviews with activists, footage of speakers at political events including the Thirteenth International AIDS conference in Durban, South Africa, personal narratives, and intimate interviews with people significant in Bordowitz's life.
