29 Sep the silver bullet at Freeze Festival
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the silver bullet was screened at Freeze Festival 2012 in Leeuwarden
the silver bullet was screened at Freeze Festival 2012 in Leeuwarden
Screening of my Videos “cinematic shivers” and “the silver bullet” during the Groninger Museum Students Salon on 05.01.2011
photos: Eleanor Grootoonk
2-channel video installation, made for the exhibition ‘technological singularity’ at ‘planetart’, Amsterdam.
The title refers to human striving for perfection, invulnerability and immortality. The technological progress makes us wonder if we soon can create a man-like intelligent machine. By opposing found footage material from TV commercials on the left screen to self recorded material on the right, the work illustrates our hopes and fears regarding technology and the idea of the perfect human.