People This 2012 Shit Is Hype
Experimental Quebec 2010 English Text 0:05:44
Featuring texts assembled from YouTube comments derived from videos about the 2012 phenomenon, People this 2012 Shit is Hype is a collection of fears and philosophies about the stakes involved in the vanishing of the human race. Based on numerous spiritual, mathematical, scientific, and apocalyptical readings of the Mayan Long Count Calendar, December 21, 2012, is an important date where diverse eschatological beliefs are said to culminate.
Assemblage de commentaires répertoriés sur YouTube autour d’un phénomène en 2012, People This 2012 Shit is Hype est une collection de craintes et de philosophies sur les enjeux liés à la disparition de la race humaine.
Mél Hogan is a candidate in the Joint PhD in Communication at Concordia University. Her community work and academic writing converge on issues of technological appropriation by marginal communities, intellectual property debates, and online video distribution. She is the curator-in-chief of nomorepotlucks.org, works with Dr. Kim Sawchuk on Illustrating Medicine (www.illustratingmedicine.net/), and makes haiku-videos for 52 pick-up (www.52pickupvideos.com/). She also writes for Art Threat from time to time
Categories: 2010-2014, English, experimental, Hogan, Québec Tags: histoire / history, Imaginaires / imaginary, mort / death