Tala Madani, 'Fan' (2020) from Pilar Corrias on Vimeo.
Tala Madani
Fan, 2020
Single-channel colour animation
1' 25"
Edition of 6 plus 2 AP
Copyright The Artist
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'In Fan (2020), one man watches a video of another blown away by the titular appliance and proceeds to smash his own fan with a hammer, after which he promptly...
'In Fan (2020), one man watches a video of another blown away by the titular appliance and proceeds to smash his own fan with a hammer, after which he promptly sweats and finally melts. The simple animation speaks to the perilous assumptions inherent in learning from watching others, as well as to man’s capacity for sabotaging his own well-being.'
Annabel Osberg, 'Shit Moms and Cake Men: Tala Madani at the Museum of Contemporary Art', Art in America, 8 November 2022
Annabel Osberg, 'Shit Moms and Cake Men: Tala Madani at the Museum of Contemporary Art', Art in America, 8 November 2022