Cadillac

Cadillac (2005)(Includes footage from Sing Blue Silver*). Music by Charles Maggs.This video piece shows various Cadillac limousines in motion, moving from A to B but never quite reaching a destination, never quite resolving the purpose of the journey. The identity of the occupants
is obscured so it remains for the viewer to consider who these vehicles are conveying. The soundtrack suggests a level of disquiet which is extended by the altered time structure of the original footage. The Cadillacs themselves suggests notions of power or celebrity, they are status symbols amplified by their physicality. The cars are the visual element that links the work, they are subtly different and yet mostly similar. The cars are in continual motion throughout the piece, always arriving, always travelling, always leaving but never quite getting there. The status of the journey is interrupted by the repetition of various states. The action presents the following kinds of questions: Who are they? Where are they going? Why ? Do I even care? The amplified disquiet suggests that the constructed reality projected by these symbols be revisited.* Sing Blue Silver 2004 83min.Directed by Russell Mulcahy

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cool video