Analysis of the Elements by which the Massive Consumption of Information Takes Place

David Lamelas · 1968

This is Analysis of the Elements by which the Massive Consumption of Information Takes Place, made by David Lamelas in nineteen sixty-eight — a silent film, three tape recorders playing three tapes, and a display case holding two magazines and two newspapers. The title is the wall label and the thesis at once.

Medium 16mm film transferred to video (color, silent; 29 min.), three tape recorders, three audio tapes, display case with two magazines and two newspapers · Dimensions Dimensions variable · Credit Acquired through the generosity of Robert Speyer, the Latin American and Caribbean Fund, Jill Kraus, Beatriz and Andres von Buch, Estrellita Brodsky, Adriana Cisneros de Griffin, Mauro Herlitzka, Marie-Josée Kravis, Raul Naón, Carlos Padula, Gonzalo Parodi, and Ernesto Poma

Hanging beside it in Gallery 414: 25 Windows, a Portrait/Project for Bonwit Teller