1-804-410-KNOW, 2015
Single-Channel, SD Video, Color, Sound, 01:27 seconds
The opening sequence of the film Reality Bites is reconstituted into an advertisement for a pay-per-call phone line. When contacted a response is sent by text message that echoes the original script.
This work is part of a larger body of work connected Reality Bites.
Exhibition view: 1-804-410-KNOW at Microscope Gallery, NYC
[VIDEO CAPTIONS]
♪ MUSIC ♪
(WOMAN)
THEY WONDER WHY WE REFUSE TO WORK AN EIGHTY HOUR WEEK JUST SO WE CAN AFFORD TO BUY THEIR BMWS.
WHY WE AREN"T INTERESTED
IN THE COUNTERCULTURE
THAT THEY INVENTED
AS IF WE DID NOT SEE THEM
DISEMBOWEL THEIR REVOLUTION FOR A PAIR OF RUNNING SHOES.
BUT THE QUESTION REMAINS: WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO NOW? HOW CAN WE REPAIR ALL THE DAMAGE WE INHERITED?
THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE.
THE ANSWER IS
THE ANSWER IS