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IN THE DREAM OF THE PLANET, 2002
Digital
video, 7 minutes 40 seconds
Installation: dimensions variable
In the Dream of the Planet is a result of looking
at how the media has presented information to the
public about nuclear arms and nuclear war since the
cold war period.
In this work, I appropriate the made for TV movie
"The Day After" (1983) in its entirety,
and condense the film down to 56 seconds. I repeat
these 56 seconds 6 times, and in each repetition edit
into the movie to convey themes that mirror research
done on the history of nuclear arms. These themes
include a focus on human relationships, the media,
the military, and science. The result of the work
is both a memory flashback sensation created in the
viewer, and an instantaneous virtual experience of
the world being destroyed.
Featured at:
National Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow
La Sala Naranja, Valencia, Spain
Pace University Digital Gallery, New York, NY
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Bauhaus-Universität, Weimar, Germany
Exit Art, New York
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