It’s the Political Economy, Stupid: Agent Nathania Rubin
Nathania Rubin, The Jowl Brigade, 2012, Hand-drawn animation on video made by drawing and erasing with graphite on paper.
The Jowl Brigade from Nathania Rubin on Vimeo.
The movie depicts Ford from the famous Daily News cover morphing into a succession of faces belonging to subsequent international players in the neoliberal landscape.
Those whose physiognomies have been appropriated as members of the Jowl Brigade are:
Gerald Ford
Milton Friedman
Ronald and Nancy Reagan
George Bush, Jr.
Brian Cowen
George Papendreou
Silvio Berlusconi
Margaret Thatcher
Tony Blair
Geert Wilders
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