Believing in Politics
archived
13 Mar
–
29 Mar
2008
Martyn Reynolds
In the film Tetris: From Russia with Love (2004) Randy Broweleit, an ebullient Californian video-game developer from Nintendo, visits Moscow during the mid eighties, a city still isolated by the Cold War.
He records on his handy-cam a taxi ride through the city. What is depicted is a bleak brown uniformity, which he narrates as unbelievably ugly and depressing. Incredulous, he muses on the starkness of the city devoid of advertising, and reflects that the colour and intensity of advertising images in a modern western city reflect vibrancy, an excitement and a type of ‘humanity' absent in the Soviet-built environment.
Exhibition Essays
Believing in Politics
1
essay
By Laura Preston
Martyn Reynolds, Believing in Politics, 2008. Image courtesy of Jeremy Booth.
Martyn Reynolds, Believing in Politics, 2008. Image courtesy of Jeremy Booth.
Martyn Reynolds, Believing in Politics, 2008. Image courtesy of Jeremy Booth.
Martyn Reynolds, Believing in Politics, 2008. Image courtesy of Jeremy Booth.
Martyn Reynolds, Believing in Politics, 2008. Image courtesy of Jeremy Booth.
Martyn Reynolds, Believing in Politics, 2008. Image courtesy of Jeremy Booth.
Martyn Reynolds, Believing in Politics, 2008. Image courtesy of Jeremy Booth.