Civilization (Megaplex), 2008

Single-channel video
Color, sound
03:00 min., loop

Collection Fundacion Sorigue, Lleida, Spain

Exhibitions

Living the Dream, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, 2008
The Standard Hotel New York
(permanent installation), 2009

Civilization is a multi-layered tableau of interconnecting images that illustrates a contemporary, satirical take on the concepts of eternal punishment and celestial reward. More than 300 individual channels of looped video are blended into an expansive landscape that continuously scrolls upward, from the depths of hell to the gates of heaven.

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