Learning Process with a Deadly Outcome

2000
Alexander Kluge, Learning Process with a Deadly Outcome, 2000. single-channel video. 20 sec; 50 sec. Courtesy of the artist. The 1st Seoul International Media Art Biennale media_city seoul 2000 city: between 0 and 1, “City Vision/Clip City”. 42 electronic billboards in Seoul. 2000

Fragments of the Titanic sink into the ocean while Bellini’s opera Romeo and Juliet plays on the ocean liner’s stage. Other imagery shows a destroyed TV set in a garbage pile, which continues to play “Romeo and Juliet.” As the scene transitions to imagery of stars, the artwork’s cyclical repetition evokes the hope of escape from life’s circumstances.

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The screen is worth protecting. Or create the value of protecting the screen.