burningkindlepointone.gif (2011)
There’s a dark humor to Paul Chan’s work that seems appropriate to today’s socio-political climate. That’s not surprising, considering his 2011 interview with Rhizome touches on our last conservative government’s disastrous invasion of Iraq as an impetus for art making. “weatherman.gif”, for example was created in 2004, shortly after the war began. It feel especially relevant now—especially considering the East Coast’s crazy temperature swings today and apocalyptic climate outlook.
Weatherman.gif, gif based on scene from RE:The_Operation (2004)
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