Cruise Missile Intersectionality | audiovisual liveset | 2024–5
commissioned by brisbane powerhouse | photo + video by ted whitaker
Cruise Missile Intersectionality presents a blunt political commentary on the paradoxical nature of performative allyship. Building on the trajectory set in Proof Of Identity (cassauna/Imprec, 2023), the live-set is a tongue-in-cheek audiovisual onslaught on the feel-good politics of Western liberalism. By shining a bright light on the dissonance between the proclaimed values of equality and justice and the material pursuit of dominance and supremacy, the work aims to disrupt and challenge the self-congratulatory, hypocritical, and complacent stance of Western cultural and academic institutions towards war and imperialism.
selected as one of the 100 iconic media art experiences of the decade curated by papillon’s new meda art agency
the title of the work is inspired by, and references to, a speech by clare daly, the former member of the european parliament from ireland.
nz edition
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