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The Monolith
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The Monolith
SD video 4:3
Duration 5min (loop)
2008 |
| The Monolith from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: a Space Odyssey is seen travelling through space at high speed to a happy-go-lucky jazz tune. This contrasts with images of the Monolith on Earth. It stands among building sites, modernist constructions and natural landscapes with the same haunting sound which is heard in its presence in Kubrick's film. This sound signals a somewhat pessimistic view of humanity's (mis)use of the intelligence with which it has been blessed, set against the more upbeat space sections which reference humanity's more optimistic outlook on the progress of space exploration of 1968 when 2001 was made. |
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