Hito Steyerl, SocialSim, 2020. © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2021. Still © Hito Steyerl
For our Spotlight this week we present Hito Steyerl's SocialSim, 2020.
SocialSim, 2020, is a site-specific video installation that premiered at K21 in Düsseldorf and now on view at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, through July 5.
The installation includes an immersive projected live simulation—Dancing Mania in Düsseldorf and Rebellion in Paris—and a video presented in two adjacent darkened rooms divided by a wall, also used as a projection surface. In both rooms the floor is covered with reflective black vinyl that mirrors the projections.