Quartet
Duncan Campbell, Mary Hill, 2003, UK, 4'
“D. Hebdige writes in Digging for Britain (1992): ‘Britain is the home of the pop video and the pop video is an undecidable (ideal) commodity; neither pure entertainment, nor straightforward promotion; it is a commodity in its own right, designed to sell another commodity.’ Yet in this case, the commodity exchange is short-circuited. The music is not ‘by’ the artist (its comprised of samples from two well known records) and the video portrays an oblique narrative, that further complicates the song’s origins.” (DC/MH)
