Memoir (2005)

The text for this video is based on a mix of personal experience and local lore I relate my negative childhood feelings about communes to my experience at the Rainbow Gathering This led to my short lived interest in capitalist aesthetics and media I began to read The Futurist Manifesto books by Ayn Rand and Dianetics I also became involved with online dating through the Village Voice personals Id spend 25 for the opportunity to send around 10 messages or 20 winks I went on a few dates but nothing long term came of it I became depressed and imagined a standin to introduce myself and tell amusing anecdotes like I often found myself trying to do while on dates This video was the imagined component for a signage style installation in a corporate lobby as if I were the founder of the company