The scene is familiar. A scene you know well. A buffet setting of multinational brands adorns a beautifully set table. Products which for years you have been told you want; you need. The camera pans the table. You recognise everything. So what happens when the desirable turns undesirable? Melbourne art collective DAMP wage war on themselves in a gluttonous, misappropriation of food. A food fight of excessive proportions aims to subvert the subliminal desire global advertising has imposed, via mass media, on mainstream Australia.
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ACMI Identifier
B1006134
Language
English
Holdings
Mini DV; Master
VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded