• Day-Glo video still by Saskia Olde Wolbers
  • Day-Glo video still by Saskia Olde Wolbers
  • Day-Glo video still by Saskia Olde Wolbers
  • Day-Glo video still by Saskia Olde Wolbers
  • Day-Glo video still by Saskia Olde Wolbers
  • Day-Glo video still by Saskia Olde Wolbers
  • Day-Glo video still by Saskia Olde Wolbers
  • Day-Glo video still by Saskia Olde Wolbers
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Day-Glo 1999

  • Voice over Valerio Martinez, 6 min loop
  • Single Channel Video Projection
  • SD PAL DV 4:3 Stereo
  • Installation dimensions variable

Synopsis

Day-glo is set in the municipality of El Ejido, a centre for large-scale fruit and vegetable production on Spain's southern coast.

In the early 90's the fictional main character, Luis Zarzuela has turned his greenhouse into a virtual reality theme park. His wife had seen virtual reality on the television and in a Cargo cult manner he sets about building his own.

He decides on Australia as a theme, as many of the town's inhabitants have recently repatriated from there. We hear Luis reading a letter to an estate agent where he writes of his desire to sell his park, including his wife who is lost inside courting a younger version of himself.

This work incorporates a large rotating set with vacuum moulded and ready- made plastic shapes. The soundtrack comprises of electronic samples and crickets chirping.

The sountrack is by Michael Raedecker.