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Work Type:Video Installation
Date of work:2004
Copyrights:AL and AL. Work commisioned by animate!
Copyright Source:FACT Literature
Subject:Capitalism, technology,
Technique:DV live action and 3D/2D CGI composite video, 6 mins 22 secs
Text Reference:AL and Al Exhibition Catalogue - A fully illustrated publication to accompany the exhibition, featuring a Q&A with Grant Morrision and an essay by Marina Warner, produced by FACT and distributed by Liverpool University Press, will be available to buy from
Description:
Work commissioned by animate! projects, Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk and Honey was première on television in 2004.
The piece re-fabricates the artists’ grandfather’s life long dream to create a perpetual motion device that produces free power. The film includes characters such as Britney Spears and the Lamb of God to form a reflection on the machinery
of capitalism and the infinite possibilities of technology.
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Source:FACT Gallery guide
Date of source:2008