Cosmic Generator
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In Cosmic Generator, Rottenberg offers an ironic analogy between migration issues and the large-scale circulation of goods—underscoring the illogical nature of a society that favours and facilitates the entry of cheap objects but restricts the movement of human beings. The work creates a relationship between a network of tunnels linking Mexicali, Mexico, to Calexico, California and a wholesale market of cheap plastic goods in Yiwu, China, where bored shop employees sit among massive piles of shiny trinkets.
Credits:
MIKA ROTTENBERG,
Cosmic Generator (video still), 2017.
Single-channel video installation, sound, colour. 26 min 36 s.
Commissioned by Skulptur Projekte Münster Produced with generous support from Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark; Outset Contemporary Art Fund, London, U.K.; and Polyeco Contemporary Art Initiative. Piraeus, Greece.
©Mika Rottenberg. Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth.