There's a Worm in Your Brain
Black-and-white video, sound, 01'37", glazed porcelain figure
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2025
News footage of the 14th anniversary of the Soviet seizure of power in the Caucasus and the unveiling of a Lenin statue are revoiced and reedited into the form of a comedic parody news report.
Archives never present the past entirely. They preserve only selected images and voices. These fragmented imagery shape the metanarratives of history and how societies remember themselves.
Through an unhinged narration, the work seeks to distance the audience from immersion in the "news report" and to encourage critical thinking about the artificiality of archive imagery and the fictionality of history.
Voiced by Jodie Luk, Ariz Ahmadkhanli, Kitman Yeung
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