I-dent: identity and media contortion
Curated by: Omar Kholeif
I-DENT: IDENTITY AND MEDIA CONCORTION
We live in a world consumed by I-dents – advertising, sponsors, and avatars. Their ubiquity has signaled a shift in identity politics – binding us together into a digital and virtual culture that finds everyday individuals competing to become part of a streamlined whole. I-dent is a video series that pokes fun at these attitudes through acts of manipulation and transgression. By utilizing platforms traditionally restricted to advertising, such as big screens and large outdoor projection surfaces, the artists in the programme use modern media to twist and subvert I-dents and identities, along with public expectation.
Jeremy Bailey |
Your Ad Here (2008) |
1'08'' |
Ryan Trecartin |
(Tommy-Chat Just E-mailed Me) (2006) |
7'15'' |
Harold Offeh |
Alien Communication (1999) |
10'00'' |
Takeshi Murata |
Monster Movie (2005) |
3'55'' |
Peggy Ahwesh |
Warm Objects (2007) |
6'00'' |
Max Hattler |
Collission (2005) |
3'00'' |
Craig Mulholland |
Peer to Peer (2008) |
10'00'' |
Jeremy Bailey |
3d Optical Flow Bricolage Pimpin' (.....) |
2'00'' |