Cecile B. Evans. Amos World
- 216 pages
- 8 hours of reading
Evans explores the role of emotion in contemporary societies and the impact of new technologies on our feelings and actions. The video installation AMOS? WORLD is designed as a television show set in a socially progressive housing estate, scripted as a series divided into three episodes. It follows an architect named Amos and the estate's inhabitants, weaving their lives into the fabric of his building. Initially, viewers see Amos and some tenants, but his idealized vision of a harmonious individual-communal life begins to unravel as tenants resist the behaviors he envisioned. Cracks in this carefully constructed network expose a breakdown in power dynamics between individuals and the infrastructure. Although the characters seem insulated from external pressures, their narrow perspectives raise questions about how the networked age has widened the gap between individual rights and the controlling systems that shape them. The installation features contributions from various artists and was exhibited at mumok in Vienna and Museum Abteiberg in Mönchengladbach.


