By seizing the memes of production we find brotherhood, pleasure, and the concerted gusto to change the system, empowered in solidarity. Memes are the catalyst for our revolution to achieve self sovereignty.
“Carpe GM”, 2024 by Rebecca Rose. 3D digital Collage, dimensions: 1080x1080 at 155.4mb, duration: 0:52.
This piece is the 6529 Meme Card Collection's season 6 finale, and is part of the artist’s ongoing series “DeepCuts”, 3D collages with depth inspired by songs. The soundtrack is edited by the artist and contains excerpts from “Captain Shepherd’s Quickstep, a public domain piece from 1850 recorded by the Library of Congress in 1974. Musical citation: Grafulla, Claudio S., composer. Fennell, Frederick, conductor. “Captain Shepherd’s Quickstep.” Sound recording. Washington, DC: The Library of Congress Recording Laboratory, September 1974. From Library of Congress, Our Musical Past. Real Audio, mp3. https://www.loc.gov/item/cwband.recs005/ (accessed February 29, 2024).
Rebecca Rose is an award winning collage artist exploring collaged sculpts and holograms. Her 20+ year body of analog, sculptural, and digital collage has received multiple major artist grants co-sponsored by The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation, The Joan Mitchell Foundation, The Willem de Kooning Foundation, The Andrew Mellon Foundation, The Ford Foundation, and Bloomberg Philanthropic.
Meme: 1
Season: 6
Card: 6
