Video Title : Michael Rakowitz on Star Wars and Saddam Hussein
Video Description : This video brought to you by Tate.org.uk In this video, artist Michael Rakowitz explores seemingly implausible connections and contradictions between objects and events. In his 2010 exhibition The worst condition is to pass under a sword which is not one’s own, Rakowitz explores the unexpected links between Western science fiction and fantasy and the design of weapons, uniforms, and monuments under the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. The project explores how images and idea from popular culture have become powerful contemporary mythologies, creating a world in which fictional characters coexist with and inform even the most radical historical figures. What kind of effect do these strange juxtapositions have? Could they make an extreme figure more relatable?
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