Preliminary Material for 2022

Preliminary Material for 2022

Production country: 
de
Year: 
2015
Duration: 
10'
Edition: 
2017
Format: 
film/video

Preliminary Material for 2022 elaborates on Felix Baumgartner's jump to Earth from the edge of the stratosphere in 2012, an event sponsored by Red Bull. The video juxtaposes the skydiver's breaking of the sonic barrier with an asteroid-like entity that threatens mankind, like it occurred millions of years ago to the dinosaurs. The protracted pre-catastrophic scenario builds on the proliferation of corporate branding, mass surveillance and exploitation of cheap labour and creativity in our technocapitalist world. Stoic comments of an only partially visible CGI dinosaur intersperse the post-digital setting. It represents a prehistoric victim of forces beyond control that could be seen as an allegory of obsolescence as well as ever new product cycles.

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