SHOPPING
(2020, 15min, square projection, color, sound/silent, size 2x2M minimum)Based on Sabri Zaid's Reformasi Diary of 1998 in Malaysia, a series of protest spaces have been identified on a street map juxtaposed with live-streaming mobile apps. As protest spaces are continually being squeezed out by government bodies, the only place to turn to sometimes, are commercial spaces. Shopping malls, stadiums, street markets, and corporate offices. What if it goes further and even corporate spaces are blocked? Could online markets transform a new relationship between capitalism and protest? How do saturated of social media landscape and protest spaces work together?
"Not wishing to break the law, Reform
movement organisers 'invited'
Malaysians to join them 'shopping'
in downtown Kuala Lumpur on
Saturday, October 10th, 1998."
(exerpt from Reformasi Diaries)
"The Shining Promise and Dashed Dreams of China's Live Shopping Craze" (NYT, April 28, 2023)
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