Bodies of Work

Freud Democracy (5)
2007/2008
Single-channel karaoke video on monitor, graphite on paper
Dimensions: 18"x24"
52:36

Detail

Exhibition venue: Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, 2008

A variation of Freudemocracy – here the karaoke is reflected in a drawing of a late 60's hot-rod-outhouse. In One Plus One, the narrator of the pulp novel (who serves as the voice-over) reveals that he is reading from the "Karzi" (British slang for outhouse). He also laments the rise of a popular form of American cinema at the time, the drive-in movie theatre.