Death of Madonna - In the Long Run by IOCOSE at HTTP Gallery, London.

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Open 05-14 November 2010
Open daily 12-5pm
Private view: Friday, 05 November, 2010, 6:30-9pm
Free admission

In the Long Run (2010) is a reconstruction of a possible future high profile media event. The death of pop star Madonna is described in a BBC News special edition, with a journalist and studio guest who go over the details of the fatal car accident, the statements of the VIPs and the reactions of fans around the world.

It is not a true story, but neither is it improbable. All TV networks prepare obituaries about famous people to put on air in the event of an unexpected death. The death of an international figure is not just predictable, it is actually predicted in the video files kept up to date in their archives.

The new video will be accompanied by two previous works, Doughboys (2009), a 'real time mockumentary', following a trio of real-life super heroes who defended illegal issues in the police patrolled streets of Rome, and FloppyTrip (2009), an installation consisting in a kit, to prepare your own hallucinogenic drink by recycling redundant floppy disks and provided with a video explaining how to use it.

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