{"id":585,"date":"2019-07-15T17:40:52","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T16:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.berkeleynoise.com\/celesteh\/podcast\/?page_id=585"},"modified":"2022-01-11T13:05:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T13:05:15","slug":"make-america-grate-again","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.berkeleynoise.com\/celesteh\/podcast\/projects\/make-america-grate-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Make America Grate Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is a silent, non-repeating video installation investigating nostalgia and toxic masculinity in the 21st century.This is shown via a computer contained within a gold picture frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This video contains pornography and is <strong>not appropriate for some audiences<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dimensions &amp; Tech requirements:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Weight: 5.6 kilos<\/li><li>Size: 45x38x10 cm<\/li><li>Mounting: Designed for hooks as for a picture frame<\/li><li>Requires AC Power<\/li><li>Silent<\/li><li>Self-contained<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Materials:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Included<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Laptop computer, plaster picture frame, <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/celesteh\/MakeAmericaGrateAgain\">python script<\/a>, excerpt of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Debbie_Does_Dallas\">Debbie Does Dallas<\/a><\/em>, some clips of US nuclear weapons testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Not included<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The black power cable for the computer will be visible unless covered in some way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Programme notes:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump\u2019s call to\nmake America great again is a vague appeal to nostalgia \u2013 but for\nwho and what? Is he pining for his own lost youth of sexual prowess?\nFor the militarism of the cold war? Rather than allow him the\nsyncretism of ur-fascism, this video installation attempts to pin him\ndown. Out of copyright, orange-tinted 1970s pornography\nalgorithmically remixed with nuclear bomb test footage shows a\nrecycled fantasy &#8211; the appeal for a re-emergence a discarded era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Non-repeating.\nComposed of Debbie Does Dallas and videos from the US Department of\nEnergy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Documentation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/9el5tu0wngmtxmx\/Grate_Excerpt.mp4?dl=0\">Click here for example video<\/a> from a single run-through the loop. This is an algorithmic work and the loops do not repeat exactly. <strong>This video contains sexual images.<\/strong> (No such images are not included on this page, but can be viewed via the links provided.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/celesteh\/48291080067\/in\/album-72157709658227671\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48291080067_3e27c2d813_z.jpg\" alt=\"Make America Grate Again\"\/><\/a><figcaption>A non-sexual image from the installation, showing an atom bomb test<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/celesteh\/48297495492\/in\/album-72157709658227671\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48297495492_b90f8941c8_z.jpg\" alt=\"Make America Grate Again\"\/><\/a><figcaption>An image from the installation of a close up of the face of one of the porn actors, with additional layers of content showing through<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional still images are at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/celesteh\/albums\/72157709658227671\">https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/celesteh\/albums\/72157709658227671<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Artist Bio:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles C\u00e9leste Hutchins was born in San Jose, California in 1976. Growing up in Silicon Valley, he started programming at a young age and has continued to do so, even after leaving dot coms to pursue music composition \u2013 obtaining an MA from Wesleyan University in 2005 and a PhD from the University of Birmingham in 2012. His recent work has focused on gendered labour and AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Other biographical text available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.berkeleynoise.com\/celesteh\/podcast\/presskit\/bio\/\">https:\/\/www.berkeleynoise.com\/celesteh\/podcast\/presskit\/bio\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exhibition history:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This installation was shown at <a href=\"http:\/\/2021.artech-international.org\/\">ARTECH 2021<\/a> in Aveiro, Portugal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Themes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump, fascism, nuclear proliferation, environmentalism, toxic masculinity, militarism, nostalgia, FLOSS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a silent, non-repeating video installation investigating nostalgia and toxic masculinity in the 21st century.This is shown via a computer contained within a gold picture frame. This video contains pornography and is not appropriate for some audiences. 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