Perpetual Operator
Dominique Koch
The jellyfish Turritopsis Dohrnii has been described by biologists as practically immortal: it can regenerate its DNA up to fourteen times, and thus is technically able to be reborn. In the video Perpetual Operator, Dominique Koch juxtaposes the fate of this species with reflections by the sociologist Maurizio Lazzarato and by Franco “Bifo” Berardi. The jellyfish functions as a character within a complex arragement that comments on the state of a capitalist system on the verge of collapse, and compares it to the contemporary art paradigm. (Nadine Wietlisbach)
An exhibition of Photoforum Pasquart.
With kind support from: Fachausschuss Audiovision und Multimedia der Kantone Basel-Stadt und Basel-Landschaft.
Futurum Stiftung Basel.
Year of production: 2016
