EL IMPOSTOR COTIDIANO (2009-12).
Con este proyecto multidisciplinar, Jorge Conde investiga la relación que nuestra sociedad establece entre los conceptos de la utopía, la impostura visual y el éxito.
Centra la investigación sobre el automóvil en todas sus versiones y modalidades. El automóvil como símbolo de estatus socioeconómico, como fuente de experiencias y emociones, una máquina “perfecta” que proporciona identidad, encarna la utopía y confirma la supremacía de un modelo colectivo global.
20 may 2011
Everyday Impostor Project_
Don't Move, 2010
This work-in-progress type project derives from the previous Some Coded Promise (2008-09) and aims to explore three crucial concepts in contemporary Western societies: technological utopia, visual imposture and socioeconomic success. I focus my research on motor vehicles of all versions and designed for all purposes. I present the automobile as a source of endless emotions and experiences, a “perfect” machine which incarnates the technological utopia of its time and confirms the supremacy of a global socioeconomic model. As it can be seen, I search for and photograph shabby, useless, scrapped vehicles in order to highlight their built-in obsolescence quality, a widely used strategy in contemporary market economies which promises ephemeral well-being and serves the purpose of creating new needs by constantly putting pressure on individuals and altering the landscape.
