Tony Oursler (N. 1957)
Damage
firmata e datata 'Tony Oursler 98' (sotto la base della sfera)
proiettore, VCR su base in legno, videotape e acrilico su sfera di fibra di vetro
16 x 11 x 17 cm. (proiettore)
14 x 43 x 33 cm. (VCR con base)
15 x 24 x 17 cm. (sfera)
Realizzata nel 1998
Autentica dell'artista su fotografia

'DAMAGE'; SIGNED AND DATED (UNDERNEATH THE BASE OF THE SPHERE); PROJECTOR, VCR, VIDEOTAPE AND ACRYLIC ON FIBERGLASS SPHERE

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Galleria 1000eventi, Milano
Collezione Tettamanti, Milano (ivi acquisito nel 1998)
Londra, asta Christie's, 9 febbraio 2007, lotto 281
Collezione privata, Torino
Galleria in Arco, Torino
ivi acquisita dall'attuale proprietario nel 2007

Milano, Galleria 1000eventi, Tony Oursler, 1998, cat., pp. 44-45 (illustrata)

What happened?
Unexpected events, random, destructive
The impact, the structure, the damage
Rebroadcast it all
I want to ask you (4x)
Get a new job
They were begging saying no! No! No!
Characture? Where are you?
Next (3x) You look like you could use some help.
Will you stop talking for a moment… quite let it live
Who, me, you, them, us? You didn’t see this. No, your remote control, you, are.
Can’t you see I’m thinking
People ordinary people
Oh my goodness it’s broken, I didn’t have any choice
Firing into the hole, what next?
What you see is what you get, damaged goods.
Come together everyone please
Look at that mess, I’m not sure why I did what I did
The last starring role, going down translucent
Be careful what you wish, you may get it
The legacy I can’t remember any of it.
Just look at the bright side of things.
Who controls what, don’t let me go insane
Exposure, saturated, think! Stay tuned
Incriminating evidence in the form of a dream,
What do you think? Look at it… It’s a start
The first scene of the first episode
The closer, I get the farther it is.
I hear voices, I’m betrayed, I’m martyred.
What are you going to do call the police
History has done its work
What happened to me? I appreciate your time
Do it, fast, live through it.
Watch out. Lucky you.
Keep looking
Take it from the top