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- Author : Egle Rakauskaite aka RAKE
- Duration : 12’
- Original Title : My America
- English Title : My America
- Year : 2003
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Bio : Born 1967 in Vilnius, Lithuania, part of the former Soviet Union. Lives and works in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Description : After having travelled to America to visit her relatives, the artist takes up the job most popular among emigrants: care of seriously ill, handicapped people, and records this on video tape. She questions the myth of dreams, infinite possibilities, the country of ultimate Western welfare by revealing the suppressed, unadvertised aspects of its economical and social structure.
Description : After having travelled to America to visit her relatives, the artist takes up the job most popular among emigrants: care of seriously ill, handicapped people, and records this on video tape. She questions the myth of dreams, infinite possibilities, the country of ultimate Western welfare by revealing the suppressed, unadvertised aspects of its economical and social structure.
