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[Joy Ride™]

Constance De Jong
Tony Oursler
1988 United States 15 minutes English
© 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