The Ascent of Man. Part III: Acts of Consumption

The Ascent of Man. Part III: Acts of Consumption (1987) copyright artist(s) and courtesy argos

Artist(s)

Year

1987

Duration

00:08:00

Original format

U-Matic

Color

col. and b&w

Languages

Spoken:
English UK

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’Acts of Consumption’, to consume or to consume oneself. Sex and violence, sermons of love and social struggle, demonstrations, demolitions. The analogies become almost narrative. From a sex scene to a dissection one, we pass from love to science by interposed organs. Lovers’ hands caress, those of the doctor dissect. Science brings forth technology : screens, clocks, machines... And from the civil we slide towards the military.