Oliver Lutz

OLIVER LUTZ

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Beast, 2005
Installation: Video loop, Wallpainting, CCTV system, Video delay buffer.
MIT Bldg N51, 275 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139.

Combat video footage recorded aboard a US Apache helicopter shows thermal images of farmers being executed by heavy artillery launched by the helicopter. Audio track consists of the corresponding dialogue between members of the helicopter crew.

Viewer watching combat video footage recorded aboard a US Apache helicopter. The viewer is under hidden surveillance.

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A CCTV monitor in located further down the cooridor displays a delayed surveillance video feed of the viewer recorded moments earlier while watching combat footage. A cartoon rendering of a "beast", unnoticed before, lurks behind the viewer in this mediated image.

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(A) Viewer watches war footage while under surveillance. (B) CCTV Monitor located down hallway displays (delayed) footage of viewer in front of beast cartoon.