CNN Concatenated
Omer Fast, 2002, US, IL, video, 18'
Through 2001, Fast recorded hundreds of hours of CNN presenters speaking directly into the camera. He fed the footage into a computer and cut it up into words and syllables. From this database, he constructed an 18-minute monologue, which is delivered word by word in a fast, jolting fashion, by individual news presenters. Fast’s presenters address their viewer in a manner in which news programs both foster and feed off the neuroses of their audiences. As well as being incisive, the work is also very funny. The slick and slimy anchors are made to utter sentiments quite beyond their sensibilities, but appear absolutely unruffled, their manicures and fake tans always immaculate.
