SPECIAL DEAL, 2000
How many roads...?
Video loop, figures: 6,3 and 7,1 in (polyurethane, acrylic paint), model: 7,1 x 11 in (various materials)

The work series “Special Deal” consits of three elements: The video “How many roads?” shows a young couple during their daily routine of domestic work: They wash the dishes and listen to music while doing that. They do this sisyphean labor in silence. The video is looped and the viewer witnesses a continuously repeating excerpt of every day life.
“Buy one, get second for free:” miniture portraits of two characters from the video can be purchased.
There is a special deal on them: “Get your own Phil and Leonie now!” says the poster advertizing both figures for $20. A model of their kitchen is an exhibited as a merchandising product, “The Loveshack”. Taking a closer look, the protagonists of the video show to be anti-heros rather than stars. In oposition to the rather glamourous world of movies and television, the figures are presented in an unpretentious light: in the video, we see them doing domestic work and the accompanying action figures are portraits of disillusioned young people. //