REDECORATING (The Will of the People)

Part I: “Ring of Fire (#1930s reloaded)”,

AI-generated video and sound, 2025

02:00 min, 4K and HD

Eldagsen’s video pulses like a chilling echo chamber, confronting us with specters of a buried past that won’t stay buried. Like Derrida’s hauntological ghosts, these Nazi-era fragments break through the fabric of now, whispering darkly of futures lost and histories unresolved. The endlessly circling flame around that haunting hand feels like a ritualized warning: history repeats itself, dangerously. Eldagsen reminds us that the past isn’t locked away—it flickers vividly into our present, illuminating shadows we’d rather ignore.
The looping action feels obsessive, hypnotic, and gently sinister—pulling you into a primal trance. Eldagsen channels something ancient yet digital here, this artwork feels like an alarm bell ringing through our collective dream.

Or to quote Eldagsen himself: “Why do so many people want to go back in time? Vote for the “strong guy”, the bully who is driven by narcissism, greed, and an insatiable hunger for power? Why do people subscribe with their vote to the law of the strongest? It is just a question of time until several of these bullies clash and create more conflicts and pain than ever before. This is a dead end if you are striving for peace and wealth. As German philosopher Immanuel Kant described in his book “Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch” (Zum Ewigen Frieden), there is no alternative to reason as a guiding principle. It hurts to see that all the political right parties focus on destroying the rational steps to peace that Kant described. But hey, if you sow fire, you will reap ashes.”

The AI-animated video was created with MiniMax and Dreammachine. The source image is from my collaborative work with Tanvir Taolad, TRAUMA P0RN (2023 – ongoing). Sound by udio.