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multimedia artist | educator
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Jeff Koons Must Die!!! is a fabricated arcade machine and playable video game. Viewers must pay twenty-five cents to play the game, similar to video games from the 1980's. Players are able to view and virtually destroy works by Jeff Koons. If the viewer chooses to destroy any of the art then a virtual Koons sends waves of guards, curators, and lawyers to destroy the player.

 

The game is unwinnable and acts as a comment on the fine art studio system, museum culture, art and commerce, hierarchical power structures, and the destructive tendencies of gallery goers.

2011. Custom fabricated arcade cabinet and interactive digital environment.

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jeff koons must die!!!
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Two songs were created for this work. One was loosely based on the song I Wanna Be Adored by the Stone Roses (1989) and the other was a heavy version of Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary by Henry Purcell (1600's).

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00:00 / 01:04
FuneralMarchKoons2
00:00 / 01:37
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Animation of fabricated cabinet design.

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