The State Itself Becomes a Super Commune Liam Gillick
November 24, 2006—January 20, 2007

The State Itself Becomes a Super Commune Liam Gillick

Entrance to an Abandoned Facility, 2006 (left) Powder-coated aluminium, Plexiglas 200 x 300 x 30 cm Modelised Retraction Screen, 2006 (right) Powder-coated aluminium, Plexiglas 200 x 300 x 30 cm Photo © Carsten Eisfeld

Press Release

The State Itself Becomes a Super Commune relates to Liam Gillick's recent research into developments within European social democracies in regard to production rather than consumption. Working initially from Brazilian research into Swedish car production methodologies he has been developing a series of scenarios that do not create a sequence of images, but propose a mise-en-scene where the implications of alienated capital may be reconsidered. Experimental production methods, developed in the 1970s in Sweden, have...
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