the spectacle is capital to such a degree of accumulation that it becomes an image
(based on text fragments of Guy Debord’s “The society of spectacle”)
Formation: performer + live video and electronics
Creation: october-november 2015
Duration: 13 minutes
§1. In societies where modern conditions of production prevail, all of life presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly lived has moved away into a representation. (G. D.)
The present piece is a performative materialization of some of the ideas expounded by the author:
– The accumulation of the text upon itself in form of sound and image
– The pixelation as “becoming of image” of sound
– The self-referentiality
– The interaction and interference of sounds, images and words
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