Latin America - IILA
Pavilion of the Istituto Italo-Latinoamericano (IILA), Arsenale - Isolotto. Commissioner: Sylvia Irrazábal; curator: Alfons Hug.
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AND. 2012
Video installation, 27 min.
In an ironical parody of the scientific method, the Quintapata collective points to the possibility of using such an everyday item as chewing gum to trace someone’s DNA – after chewing on a stick of gum, people inevitably leave indications of their identity on it. These pieces of gum can often be found hidden beneath a table or in furniture cracks; an expression of a discreet social transgression. In the video, four people transmit in unison some invented rules for the protocol of using chewing gum – a Dadaist delirium on good manners and a sarcastic take on the guidelines that determine social practices.
The visitors are asked to take a chewing gum from the bin on the side of the video, and after chewing it, to stick it onto the screen.
© Photo: Haupt & Binder
Pavilion of the Istituto Italo-Latinoamericano (IILA), Arsenale - Isolotto. Commissioner: Sylvia Irrazábal; curator: Alfons Hug.