Key Visual, The Kebab Helix
© Helen Anna Flanagan, 2020i

Closing THE KEBAB HELIX

Online Screening Program

In fast-food fantasies, contradictory values of capitalist society collide: rationality and functionality but also immoderation and comfort. Videomakers have been grappling with this tension since the 1980s by appropriating the iconography of multinational corporations, questioning the logic of the franchise system, denouncing the mass production of food, and confessing signs of gluttony. Their path leads from a kebab stand in Rotterdam by way of a burger joint in London to a drive-in in Los Angeles. Because the exhibition at the NRW-Forum is not accessible as a result of the pandemic, we are making all of the works available here. We thank the artists for making that possible!

Screening Program

Helen Anna Flanagan

Gestures of Matter, 2020

Dara Birnbaum

Fire! / Hendrix, 1982

Gorilla Tapes alias Vulture Video

Lo Pay No Way, 1985

Petr Vrána

Microwaved Hot Dog, 1989

Helen Anna Flanagan

Gestures of Matter, 2020, 12:30 min.

Dara Birnbaum

Fire!/Hendrix, 1982, 3:20 min.

Gorilla Tapes alias Vulture Video

Lo Pay No Way, 1985, 7:00 min.

Petr Vrána

Microwaved Hot Dog, 1989, 4:30 min.

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