Supersurface: An Alternative Model for Life on Earth
Genres
Overview
Produced for the 1972 Museum of Modern Art exhibition, Italy: The New Domestic Lanscape, Supersurface was the first of five films planned by Superstudio as a "critical reappraisal of the possibility of life without objects." Superstudio envisioned a "network of energy and information extending to every properly inhabitable area". According to the artists, this network would bring about the destruction of objects as status symbols, the elimination of the city as an accumulation of formal structures of power, and the end of specialized and repetitive work as an alienating activity. "The logical consequence," they write, "will be a new, revolutionary society in which everyone should find the full development of his possibilities".
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
10 min
Release Date
1972-01-01
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
9
5.2
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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