Scenes on a balcony, or love is power (2018)
CCI Fabrica, Moscow
Video, FullHD, 11 min
The video is built in the form of conversation between two characters. A couple stands on a balcony. They watch how crowd gathers for the funeral of the Leader. The pictures of the dead Leader time after time appear on the screen. It is a collective image. Her farewell speech is full of cliches, passionate slogans and meaningless appeals. The visuals consist of computer graphics, archival materials and staged shots. Images from mass culture are interspersed with mechanical gestures of soulless characters.
The topic of a conversation instantly changes, as well as and the order of people speaking. The same goes for emotions – in a split of a second the devotion turns into indifference. It seems that the heroization is nothing but a cure for boredom and monotony.
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The leader says, “I’m dead, but my work will be continued.” Perhaps, we should join the crowd too?
