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Stillbild från konstnären
Public Service, Miss Universum visar konst
Stillbild från konstnären
Stillbild från konstnären

Public Service, Miss Universum visar konst

Artist (Sverige, född 1971)
Alternate Title
  • Public Service, Miss Universe Shows Art
Date1999
MediumDigital video, color, stereo sound
Dimensions14:47 min
ClassificationMoving Images
Credit LinePurchase 2021 (Swedish Acquisitions 2021)
Countries
Object NumberMOM/2021/171
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkWearing a tiara as the self-appointed Miss Universe, Catti Brandelius has turned a number of concepts and preconceived notions on their head. In Public Service, she appeared as a super-subjective guide at Moderna Museet, showing a selection of works to visitors. In the video Streets of Bredäng, she dances with her huge pregnant belly against the backdrop of a 1960s housing development. In connection with Stockholm Art Fair 2001, Brandelius let her camera pan a cross-section of the Stockholm art scene in Ah, that’s the Art, where music, as usual, is an essential part of the work. On the Underground is a song about prejudices against people from different social classes and backgrounds. Miss Universe does not try to please the world; she changes the world so it pleases her. And she is just one of Catti Brandelius’s many alter egos.