Factory of the Sun Hito Steyerl
February 21—September 12, 2016
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Factory of the Sun Hito Steyerl

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Factory of the Sun, 2015 Single channel high definition video environment, luminiscent LE grid, beach chairs Duration: 23 min Photo © Justin Lubliner

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MOCA presents the U.S. premiere of Hito Steyerl’s landmark video installation Factory of the Sun. In this immersive work, which debuted at the 2015 German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, Steyerl probes the pleasures and perils of image circulation in a moment defined by the unprecedented global flow of data. Ricocheting between genres—news reportage, documentary film, video games, and internet dance videos—Factory of the Sun uses the motifs of light and acceleration to explore what...
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The Work of Hito Steyerl

Hito Steyerl was born in 1966 in Munich. Steyerl studied at the Academy of Visual Arts, Tokyo and the University of Television and Film, Munich. She also completed a doctorate in philosophy...