Because Of Us, 2017
Synopsis
Under found footage and animated skyscapes, a mystical voice guides us through a near-death experience. She begins by describing the experience as a sensation of viewing, similar to watching a movie. Through this form, the video explores the parallels, divergences, and interdependency of labor - capital, consumption, excess, ownership - and cosmology - stars, planets, networks, connections. It suggests that both are alchemical and that the nature of industry, progress and technology, are themselves icons for worship. On-screen text is sourced from "The Millennial Project: Colonizing the Galaxy in Eight Easy Steps," a 1998 book by Marshall T. Savage.
Total Run Time: 4:40
Color/Stereo, 16:9
Under found footage and animated skyscapes, a mystical voice guides us through a near-death experience. She begins by describing the experience as a sensation of viewing, similar to watching a movie. Through this form, the video explores the parallels, divergences, and interdependency of labor - capital, consumption, excess, ownership - and cosmology - stars, planets, networks, connections. It suggests that both are alchemical and that the nature of industry, progress and technology, are themselves icons for worship. On-screen text is sourced from "The Millennial Project: Colonizing the Galaxy in Eight Easy Steps," a 1998 book by Marshall T. Savage.
Total Run Time: 4:40
Color/Stereo, 16:9
Previous Screenings
Altered Aesthetics, The Southern Theater, Minneapolis, MN
the dark holes of your eyes are turned toward the horizon, Centre[3], Hamilton, ON, Canada