![one black "G Drive" moble USB labeled with a piece of masking tape that has the numers [5904] written on it, 7/16 x 5 x 3 1/4"; a short black cord that goes with the G Drive, 24" long; a thick purple disc in a clear case (LTO-7 tape), 3/4 x 4 x 4" PLASTIC PRODUCTS REQUIRED FOR INSTALLATION: 1 palm tree 6 plastic balls (3 green, 2 pink, 1 white) 1 multicolor ball string lights 1 green LED string lights 1 blue long stem flower 1 pink flower 1 garland](https://2.api.artsmia.org/800/131441.jpg "Cosmic Generator (Lettuce Variant), Mika Rottenberg")
%C2%A9 Mika Rottenberg
Cosmic Generator (Lettuce Variant), 2017
Mika Rottenbergexpand_more
HD video, sculptural elementsexpand_more
Not on Viewexpand_more
Cosmic Generator presents a network of characters working in nonsensical, and at times absurd, economies. Artist Mika Rottenberg uses footage from actual discount dollar stores in Calexico, CA; Mexicali, Mexico; and Yiwu, China to recreate the imaginary “life” of a product, from its production in the factory to the moment it is sold. The segments are regularly interrupted by depictions of surreal tunnels, which represent the structures that Chinese residents of Mexicali supposedly dug under their homes and shops to travel surreptitiously to Calexico.
Mika Rottenberg creates these elaborate visual narratives to explore the seduction and magic, but also desperation, of our hypercapitalist, globally connected reality, exposing and probing labor, globalization, the production of value, and how our relationships to the world, and to one another, are increasingly monetized.
Details
- Title
- Cosmic Generator (Lettuce Variant)
- Artist Life
- born 1976
- Role
- Artist
- Dimension
- 26:38 minutes
- Accession Number
- 2019.11
- Curator Approved
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© Mika Rottenberg