雙面鏡 Two-way Mirror

 

Still courtesy of Canal Caribe*

在古巴文化部支持下,一張影像展於哈瓦那,呈現融合好萊塢標誌和美國國旗的「HOLLYWORLD」佇立世界之上。

西班牙大航海時代,帝國靠著武力侵略各地(包含哈瓦那和洛杉磯),傳播西式文化與宗教信仰;幾個世紀後,作為好萊塢中心的洛杉磯,靠著大眾傳播媒體向全球輸出美式文化與商品拜物教。作品映照霸權在不同時代如何演變,從舊世界硬實力到現代軟實力,體現它如何被制度化以服務不同意識形態目的,以及任何形式的權力如何輕易演變為巨獸。

其文件截取自 Canal Caribe 新聞,該頻道由國有的古巴電視台(Televisión Cubana)營運。

*左側作品來自 Seyran Caferli;右上作品來自 Khaldoon Gharaibeh


With the support of the Ministry of Culture of Cuba, the image displayed in Havana features HOLLYWORLD, a mashup of the Hollywood sign and the American flag, standing atop the world.

During the Spanish Age of Exploration, both Havana and Los Angeles were under Spanish rule, with the empire spreading its culture and religion through military force. Centuries later, Los Angeles, the heart of Hollywood, exports American culture and commodity fetishism globally through mass media. The work reflects how hegemony shifts across eras, from old-world hard power to modern soft power, presenting how it can be institutionalized to serve different ideological purposes, and how easily power, in any form, can mutate into a monster.

Its documentation was taken from a news by Canal Caribe, a channel operated by the state-owned Televisión Cubana.

*Left image belongs to Seyran Caferli; Top right image belongs to Khaldoon Gharaibeh