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"Feast. Hommage à Marcel
Broodthaers"
2 versions:
Installation, 2004
Single channel video, 3 minutes, 2004
"Feast. Hommage à Marcel Broodthaers" is
a satire. Exploiting false
metaphors and 'Nature' as a cultural/political idea
and anthropomorphic
projection, the eagle (heroic symbol on the presidential seal)
is mirrored
with the vulture, symbol of death and rapacity. At a time when "people
have
to watch what they say..." (former White House press secretary
Ari
Fleischer) one has to watch what is said by what is not said. The
work
juxtaposes a series of statements -- "this has nothing to
do with oil," "a
vulture is not an eagle" and "this is not political" --
with a continuous
video loop showing a close up of a group of vultures ferociously
fighting to
seize a bite.

Texts relating to this work The Thing
Peter Scott
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