American beauty recycled : the celebrity machine

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posted on 2012-01-01, 00:00 authored by Jondi Keane

This work examines the 'machine' of celebrity suggesting that the value assigned to celebrity and the function of celebrity n our society has to do with surplus desire and fluid identity. This work gtakes the video within the movie American Beauty and reframes i as an installation with gold leaf commenting on the ephemeral and trahs-lie, throw-away nature of celebrity and the way in which celebration can be extracted from the lottery of celebrity production.

History

Publisher

Phoenix Gallery Deakin University and SCCA Celebrity Aura conference

Place of publication

Melbourne, Vic.

Creation date

2012-01-01

Material type

art original

Language

eng

Notes

Formed part of a juried group show ('Celebrity Aura') of thirteen artists at the Phoenix Gallery, Deakin University, 10-15th December 2012. Exhibition held in conjunction with the Inaugural Celebrity Studies Conference(School of Communication and Creative Arts), 12-14 December 2012.

Publication classification

J2 Minor original creative work; JO4 Original creative work - Other

Extent

1 installation and video

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