RESKILL, RETHINK, REBOOT, REVOLT
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A frontal attack on “the arrogance, ignorance and incompetence of the conservative government’s treatment of the arts” (Mark Coverdale), REVOLT (2021) appropriates and repurposes Grand Theft Auto V for an explicitly political intent. Produced by Iain Douglas and Mark Coverdale, REVOLT was inspired by the 1987 movie Project X, starring Matthew Broderick and a chimpanzee called Virgil. In the machinima, the primate is called Albert, but like his cinematic counterpart, he is smarter than most human beings.
We see him escaping from a military base in the U.S. after stealing a fighter jet. As the sun sets, Albert ejects himself from the cockpit, sans parachute, finding freedom at last. As Douglas explains “Albert ii was the first primate in space but what happened to Albert i? Well, we’ve found him. He escaped from the facility and is now out and about exploring” (Albert will return in a second machinima, Oranges are not the only spill, which we will present tomorrow)…
Matteo Bittanti
Iain Douglas, Mark Coverdale, REVOLT, poster, 2021
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