Extermination (Exterminio)

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Extermination (Exterminio)

Edition: 4/5
Mexico, 2006
Time Based Media
DVD
Duration: 00:03:00 Case: 7 1/2 × 5 1/4 in. Box: 11 × 8 1/2 × 1 3/4 in.
Purchased with funds provided by the Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art Deaccession Fund (M.2007.11.1.1-.3)
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

Born in Lima, Peru, Gabriel Acevedo trained in the visual arts and in film production in Puebla and Mexico City. He invents fantastic worlds where real-life referents and animated characters coexist....
Born in Lima, Peru, Gabriel Acevedo trained in the visual arts and in film production in Puebla and Mexico City. He invents fantastic worlds where real-life referents and animated characters coexist. In Exterminio, a copulating couple flies over carefully selected aerial backdrops taken from magazines such as National Geographic. Their delirious flight is echoed by the changing tempo of the music -- a symbolic and humorous reenactment of the various stages of the sexual act. Ilona Katzew, 2008
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