Culture is the Inversion of Reality
Michael Holly
Synopsis
Commissioned for the exhibition, Daydreaming Subverts The World, at Nieuwe Vide in Haarlem, The Netherlands, this work explores the use of the image in the building of national identity. Daydreaming Subverts The World takes the Situationist movement as its starting point to examine how counterculture movements respond to the architecture, politics and culture of Western society. The video documents the process of inserting postcards bearing subversive images into the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem, the home of many famous paintings from the Dutch Golden Age. The postcards use images from the Frans Hals collections alongside quotes from Jean Baudrillard, Guy Debord, and Mark Fisher.
Images
Culture is the Inversion of Reality
Details
Title
Culture is the Inversion of Reality
Year
2017
Key phrases
heritage, identity, art
Language
None
Duration
00:05:43
Original formats
Digital HD
Aspect ratio
4:3
Colour
Colour
Sound
No
