Spectacle and Lament is a real-time interactive video installation designed to engage onlookers in a public space. Large amounts of quick movements by viewers create classic comic denotations of action like ZAP! BAM! POW! The participants see themselves represented in a dual-chromatic graphic novel theme consisting of a dark outline, a fill, and a single primary color. The work operates both as a comedic look at censorship nostalgia and as a critique of art itself as pure spectacle.

Spectacle and Lament was commissioned by SLG Publishing for the 4th Annual SubZERO Festival in downtown San Jose.
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Special thanks: Bryan Dobrow

Music clip: Pa Pa Power by Dead Mans Bones

more: artfail.com/spectacle