The sequence of events is chronological, but the process of painstakingly prolonged putting down of one image after another, the repetition of wetting, folding, unfolding, and pasting is surprisingly entrancing. Despite its slow pace, Baudelaire emphasizes the production, circulation, and consumption of images produced daily in conjunction with incidents of violence and aggression. By completely absorbing the viewer, Baudelaire calls attention to the ways in which mass media repetition and distillation of images can instill a numbing indifference to these frequent incidents.
     Paris-based artist Eric Baudelaire was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1973 and graduated from Brown University in 1994. You can watch the video for Sugar Water on UbuWeb.