A Metaphor for the End of Just About Everything (2016)
At one level, this is a document of the final hours of Long's Book Store, a victim to both technological change (as books are ordered online or migrate to digital forms) and the pressures of real estate development (as a public-private partnership devours the blocks directly across from the Ohio State campus, nominally in the interest of establishing a new "Arts Corridor"). But the video is also a more general reflection on mortality and ephemerality, resonating with the billboard image of Félix González-Torre's Untitled (for Parkett), which was also destroyed with the building.
Director: Roger Beebe
Runtime: 3 min
Release Date: January 1, 2016
Country: United States of America
Original Language: en
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is A Metaphor for the End of Just About Everything about?
- At one level, this is a document of the final hours of Long's Book Store, a victim to both technological change (as books are ordered online or migrate to digital forms) and the pressures of real estate development (as a public-private partnership devours the blocks directly across from the Ohio State campus, nominally in the interest of establishing a new "Arts Corridor"). But the video is also a more general reflection on mortality and ephemerality, resonating with the billboard image of Félix González-Torre's Untitled (for Parkett), which was also destroyed with the building.
- Who directed A Metaphor for the End of Just About Everything?
- A Metaphor for the End of Just About Everything was directed by Roger Beebe.
- How long is A Metaphor for the End of Just About Everything?
- A Metaphor for the End of Just About Everything has a runtime of 3m (3 minutes).
- Where was A Metaphor for the End of Just About Everything produced?
- A Metaphor for the End of Just About Everything was produced in United States of America.