[Joy Ride™]

  • Constance De Jong
  • Tony Oursler
  • 1988
  • United States
  • 15 minutes
  • English
  • © Coll. Centre Pompidou
    © Coll. Centre Pompidou

As guardians of the cultural torch, theme parks and museums herd millions of thrill seekers through a metal maze towards a reshaped history and sketchy future. Here objects and environments become one. A souvenir is purchased and relocated in the home, it is used to unlock the crowded and carbon dioxide-filled corridor to the transcendental.

  • Production : Western Front Video
  • Sound : Iain Macanulty
  • Photography : Tony Oursler; Kate Craig