David Haines' video Dereviled part of CLUBS
David Haines' video Dereviled part of CLUBS
The weekend from 16-17 December, David Haines' video work Dereviled (2013) will be shown at club Apolo in Barcelona, as part of the 3rd edition of CLUBS, from 11 - 16 hrs!
David Haines explores digital habits, behaviours and identities in online communities and on dating platforms.
His mesmerizing video Dereviled (2013) is made from smartphone footage depicting people being ‘cured’ of their homosexual ‘disease’ at American evangelical church services, a disturbing look at attempts to purge congregations of homosexuality. Haines reversed the footage and took the subsequent phonetic reversal as the basis of the soundtrack. Phonetic reversal has long been the subject of debate, particularly within the Christian church where subliminal messaging is germane to Satanism. Haines politicizes the situation by undermining the ritual, using the reversed text as lyrics for a club anthem and inserting his own subliminal messages.
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David Haines at CLUBS:
Location: sala_apolo
Time frame: 16-17 December 2023 | 11 - 16 hrs.
Artwork: Dereviled, David Haines (2013)