Vanitas MMXVlll

Video projection / public installation
Continuous loop

Hironaka & Suib continue the centuries-old tradition of the vanitas still life in a massive projection titled Vanitas MMXVlll. Common still-life motifs are completely unmoored from their tabletop arrangement. Bruised, molding and half-eaten fruit, broken glass and mirror, wilting flowers and skulls tumble slowly upwards. Vanitas MMXVlll destabilizes the traditional still life motifs to reflect the cultural moment in which it was made - where formerly stable institutions that once embodied shared values are undermined while pride and avarice have been elevated to virtues.







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