Paul Amitai

World’s Fair

World’s Fair is a video comprised of twelve 1-minute segments that combine photo collage, still image animation, documentary video, and sampled film footage constructed from the Utopian visions of Cold War-era world’s fair expositions. World’s Fair is a work of speculative fiction that reflects the hyper-reality of the present day.

Exhibited on the BBC Big Screen Liverpool (2008), in a group exhibition at City Without Walls, Newark, NJ (2008), and in a solo exhibition at University of Missouri-St. Louis Gallery 210 (2006-7). Selected work from World’s Fair also screened as part of traveling project, VIBE: Video In the Built Environment presented at Federation Square, Melbourne, AU; Vidi Festival, Valencia, SP; London Study Center, London, UK; UFVA Conference, Orange, CA (2006-7).

World’s Fair: Swing Drop