Bukovec, Vesna
No. 755
"Why Do I Do This?"
Artist: Bukovec, Vesna
Title: Why Do I Do This?
Duration: 0:03:18
Year: 2001
Genre: Experimental video / Art video
Production: Vesna Bukovec

 
SYNOPSIS

Video work is a collage composed of found material to which the author adds graphic inserts. Through the content of the video she poses herself questions which can always be answered with "I don't know". With that she problematizes the state of contemporary art, which often lacks purpose.


 
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