RE:VISION - SF [32/83] | Galerie Met
| Berlin | 2024
RE:VISION - CR [67/06] | JohnenPrivat
| Berlin | 2024
Stories are never fixed; they shift with time, reframed by new contexts and cultural sensibilities. A remake is not a mere repetition but a reinterpretation. An act of translation that transforms a narrative through its setting, language, and aesthetics. The same story, told again, becomes a reflection of its era, shaped by the values and desires of the present.
Locations reorient meaning, language alters rhythm, fashion and design embed it in the new present. Each retelling is a negotiation, showing that what endures is not the story itself but the act of revisiting it.
Recognition is a pleasure, it's not jumping in at the deep end, but a docking. Why did Disney buy Lucasfilm, the company behind Star Wars, for 4.05 billion US dollars in 2012? Not out of enthusiasm and fandom, but because it saw potential in the already familiar world that George Lucas had built. A basis for numerous spin-offs and sequels. From the perspective of a hoped-for positive reception, or even just the hope of arousing interest in consuming the newly produced product, it is of course also a certainty.
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Jonathan joosten RE:VISION - SF [32/83]
| Berlin | 2024Jonathan joosten RE:VISION - SF [32/83]
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