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Upload, Download, Overload | Dolores Flores | 2007 | DVD  8.45 min | signiert limitiert |

The video Upload. Download, Overload was created in the year 2007. The theme is a critical view of society in times of massive change combined with the dilemma of globalization, an information overflow and an ever growing population. Cultural, ecological and social problems are repeated over and over again, leading to confusion, mass consumption and self destruction. The paper figures in the video are named “the beer people”, the dancing figures  represent a society that is torn between distraction and entertainment, addicted to mass consumption happy go lucky, looking for ways to numb the pain in this difficult era. The single figures are the protagonists that tell the critical story with a warning of what they see. Statements like “ Is their evolution just a revolving door ?”are some of the questions asked in the video. The figures “the beer people” are all originals made out of the valueless tissue paper ring called “ tropfenfänger” in German. A traditional product produced to absorb the foam drippings attached to the bottom of a fresh taped beer glass. Each figure is made out of just one ring, torn and folded to form  then attached to a tooth pick for stability. The music for the video was composed in collaboration with M.D. Kettler.
The duration of the video is 8 min 45 seconds.