Color HD video, stereo sound, 40'
This film begins with the contention that an economy is fundamentally a set of institutions constructed by humans in the face of a radically uncertain world. What then can be understood about the story of modern or “hyper” globalisation if we look to the World Trade Organisation’s private art collection in Geneva, Switzerland? The subjects and objects depicted inside this intergovernmental institution’s walls reveal a story, or stories, told by those who have sought to shape and command the heights of a world economy. Who gets to be in the picture and who is left out? And who gets to draw the picture in the first place?
Peesented at Freiraum Festival 2021 as part of the artistic interventions.
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