Wigged Productions: Globalization

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APRIL - AUGUST 2002
	*Humberto Ramirez's HATE.* Ramirez writes, "This is a video in which the cultural dynamics of hatred are explored through a series of talking heads and monologues. The video seeks to denaturalize a condition in which the potential solidarity amongst different people is subverted by notions of nationalism, race, gender, class etc. By problematizing what seems to remain hidden or at least unspoken this work seeks to provoke a conversation." United States. 2002.
	Agricola de Cologne's Never Wake Up. Based on the artist's poem of the same name. The poem/movie uses some fundamental images: The "soldier" is metaphor for the human individual. "War" is a metaphor for life, respectively the fights of everyday day life; and the "veteran of war" is the human being who cannot rid himself of the shadows of the past. Never Wake Up addresses the loss of identity where the soldiers become distorted and veterans have difficulty with reintegration into post-war society. Germany. 2001.
	jimpunk's www.nowar.nogame.org. Jimpunk ironically states that in his piece www.nowar.nogame.org , "everything is under control." However get ready for a nerve-racking event. At first you may think that your computer has been infected with a virus. But don't worry, it's not. Fasten your seatbelt as you embark on a mind-blowing journey that is a masterful mixture of image and sound. Kudos to jimpunk! France. 2001.
	Daniel Young's NewZoid. NewZoid is a work of generative art. It plays with the most common information form of our time - the headline. NewZoid continuously collects the daily news, tears it apart, chops it up and endlessly reassembles the pieces into absurd, funny, shocking and thought-provoking headlines. The Site has been operating on its own since April 8, 2001. United States. 2001.
	Dinorah de Jesús Rodriguez & Gustavo Matamoros L'Anatomie du Desir. This assemblage of erotic images, found and damaged footage, and handcrafted 16mm film was originally projected onto the torso of Butoh artist Helena Thevenot as part of the one-hour collaborative piece "The Anatomy of Desire." A tribute to biophysical impulses, the video version synchronizes the film to its original score by Gustavo Matamoros. United States. 2002.
	*Thom Swiss and Seth Thompson's In the Woods.* In the Woods, a collaborative effort between Thom Swiss and Seth Thompson examines the ideas of memory, aging and loss. The result of the collaboration suggests the way language (in this case a poem by Swiss) can be re-represented and changed by images (a film by Thompson). United States. 2002.