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I don't mind takin' a cab
video installation / 2006




The video begins with a few shots from Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver, which were re-edited to show the taxi driving in New York by night only. Over those images, we hear the original soundtrack mixed with the humming noise of an engine, from either a car or a film projector. Next, a sequence shot from inside the vehicle shows the driver, Travis, talking with the candidate to the presidential election. The film’s original sound is untouched, but on screen, Travis’ face is replaced by the artist's one through a simple "photomontage" visual effect.
The installation attempts to stimulate recollections of the film people may have. The impression of being embedded in both the moving car and the motion picture, combined with the artist’s reenactment, moves the viewer along their own memory of the film. They re-experience that memory in —here represented, a space between live acts and fictions.

Color, 2'47

Chairs, video-projector, sound system

Fifth year diploma show,
ESBAMA, Montpellier, France

Solo exhibition,
Creative space, Prague, Czech Republic