Jean
Baudrillard. “The consumer society” (1970) translation by Chris Turner (1998)
Work
by Cesar Harada CSM-ENSAD, 22/10/03 London.
Piece
constitution :
A.
Video work
- 1 VHS video tape usable
- 1 VHS video tape brocken
- 1 VHS video tape very brocken
B.
paper work
- 3 A3 black and white prints
- the paper you are reading now
C.
the black litter plastic bag
Idea
:
I
try to demonstrate that the consumer society is the origin of a lot of
waste, that consumption in itself is not a cycle so it leads to a mass
production of garbage which is impossible to make totally disappear. I
oppose an eco-system wich regulates itself and the society of consumption
that accumulates waste.
The idea carried is that over-consumption is a vicious
cycle, that at each loop the integrity of the good is damaged till its sense
disappears completely. The violence and the repetiton of it echoes the non-sense
of our modern world.
