PlayDead;RealTime

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  • PlayDead;RealTime Date:2003Medium:Three-channelvid… PlayDead;RealTime Date:2003Medium:Three-channelvideo(color,silent),twoprojectors,twoscreens,monitorDuration:19:11min.,14:44min.(onlargescreens),21:58min.(onmonitor)MinimumRoomSize:24.8mx13.07mCreditLine:AcquiredthroughthegenerosityofRichardJ.MasseyMoMANumber:1098.2005.a-fCopyright:©2013DouglasGordon GALLERYLABELTEXT 2013 DouglasGordoncameofagewithagenerationofartistsdrawntocritiquinganddeconstructingmediatechnology.Overthepasttwodecades,hehasproducedtext-basedandphotographicworksaswellasvideoinstallations,oftenbasedoncinematicimagery,thatinvestigatetheconstructionofmeaningandthenotionofthesublime. ForthemonumentalinstallationPlayDead;RealTime,GordonarrangedforacircuselephanttobetransportedtoGagosianGallery,inNewYorkCity,wherehefilmeditobeyingaseriesofcommands(repeatedlylyingdownandthenawkwardlystrugglingtorise).LikemanyofGordon'sprotagonists,theelephantissubjecttogreaterforces,beyonditscontroLSimultaneouslypresentingseveraldifferentversionsofthescene,infrontandrearprojectionsandonamonitor,theworkdepictstheeventfromarangeofperspectivesratherthanfromasinglestaticviewpoint.