A public and private history undo themself(ves) as they mutually encounter the trials of Labor, Love, Loss and Planned Obsolescence. A body desires its Other: a simulation is transgressed and the ultimate price is paid- “No-body is above The Law.” In this docu-narrative, the tragic story of Milli Vanilli’s Robert Pilatus and his descent into a post-racial and post-gendered pure image is told through appropriated video footage. A fabricated narrative conceived by the artist collides with Pilatus’ public biography in a technologically mediated flash of desire and information. This video is dedicated to the very real life of Robert Pilatus, 1965-1998.
Former Models
- Film Maker
- Pearson, Benjamin
- Year
- 2011
- Country
- Canada
- Language
- Format
- Video
- Length
- 19
- Genre
- experimental, narrative, queer
- Category
- art & artists, body, cameraless, found footage, history, Portraits, Sound Art + Music
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