Dark Sun Squeeze
2003 | 00:10:09 | United States | Color | Mono | 4:3 | DV video
Collection: Single Titles
Tags: Consumer culture, Photography
Dark Sun Squeeze is a darkly meditative exploration of a sewage treatment plant, revealing the hidden rhythms and bizarre journey of raw human waste. The images of flowing waste speak of decay, destruction, of madness inherent in excessive consumption. At the same time they reveal the redemptive side of detritus, its regenerative potential, the sublime that exists in the abject.
“Paweł Wojtasik delivers the final word on the absolute value of news, money, politics and just about everything else.”
-- Holland Cotter, The New York Times, Oct 1, 2004
Premiere
Real Art WaysHartford, CT
Exhibitions + Festivals
Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, Spain, 2004
Sous-Sol Gallery, Paris, France, 2005
Greater New York, PS1/MoMA, New York, 2005
Kunstcentrum Network Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium, 2005
Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, 2006
Platform China Gallry, Borderline Video Art Festival, Beijing, China, 2006
San Francisco Cinematheque, 2006
Rotterdam International Film Festival, Netherlands, 2006
Oberhausen Short Film Festival, Germany 2008
Anthology Film Archives, New York, 2009
Flaherty Film Seminar, 2009
International House, Philadelphia, 2011
Hamilton College, New York, 2011
John Slade Ely House, Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, 2011
