Maintaining Appearances [Single Channel] (2010) by Jack Stenner

Single channel version of Maintaining Appearances:

Maintaining Appearances is a dual channel video installation that investigates the conditions and effects of the collapse of the single-family housing market in the United States. Most experts agree, and history will verify, that the unprecedented rash of foreclosures and bankruptcies were the result of artificially inflated property values created by the unmitigated greed of the housing/financial sector of the economy. While all social strata have suffered losses, the overwhelming burden has been shifted to a middle class whose economic health was already tenuous. Maintaining Appearances addresses two aspects of this situation, highlighting the fact that "value" is virtually determined by power, and illustrating a mechanism whereby this illusion is maintained through "appearances".

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• video
• installation
• art
• foreclosure

[jstenner]

@happymax1 old man....

[happymax1]

Was that an old woman mowing the yard while wearing a box?