Video

Pedestrian Notes On The West Edmonton Mall

1990, 18:00 minutes, colour

TAPECODE 9600

The decade of "shop 'till you drop" has ended; however, those cathedrals of copious consumption - shopping malls- remain. This low-tech video focuses a roving feminist eye on the world's biggest shopping centre, and a pedestrian trek through its glitzy labyrinth leads to interviews, fiction, and cultural critique. Along the corridors of consumer heaven we are confronted with questions about money, power, class, and more.

La décennie des grandes tournées d'achats s'est écoulée, mais les cathédrales de la consommation à l'outrance - les centres commerciaux - restent avec nous. Cette vidéo bas de gamme tourne un regard féministe vers le plus grand centre commercial du monde. Une randonnée à travers le labyrinthe rutilant aboutit à des entrevues, à la fiction, et à la critique culturelle. Tout le long des corridors du paradis de la consommation se soulèvent des questions sur l'argent, le pouvoir, la classe ...

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