America Strikes Back
Single channel digital video, 6 mins. looped, 2008.

Using Richard Serra and Carlotta Schoolman's 1973 video work 'Television Delivers People' as a template, 'America Strikes Back' explores paraphrasing, quotation and narrative connections. An actor reports a seamless flow of disparate information while scrolling white text over a blue screen both condenses and shifts the emphasis of what is being said. Subjects include Harald Szeemann, chronicles of the abject, self mutilation, copyright protection and The Bible.

click on images for QuickTime movie of 'America Strikes Back'. file size: 5 mb.

Credits:
Voice: Anil Kumar.
© Michelle Deignan 2008