I Want To Break Free

Queen - I Want To Break Free 1984

A hymn. A song that always reminds me of the work of McDermott & McGough. The reason why it is okay to wear a cow-pattern leotard, pointy tits and sing while vacuum cleaning. The reason why it is okay to be Lady Gaga. And why we should never forget where we are coming from.
/HORST

Work Bitch

Britney Spears - Work Bitch 2013

I am sorry to break it to you but this is going to be history. The bitch is back. And she is working it. Reversed triangle platforms (Silent Hill), desert car scenes (Spice Girls) and bisexual slave action (Madonna) are interwined in Britney's self-referential pop mesh. Add a perfume bottle product placement and pop becomes POP.
/HORST

A Short History Of Anime In Popular Culture (Interlude)

Michael Jackson % Janet Jackson - Scream 1995

The opening scene of the most expensive video of its time. A better version of 'The Scream'. And a reminder that everything that will be has been. I am looking forward to it (the future).
/HORST

Drawl

Steven Meisel - Prada Fall/Winter 2011

An über-stylized almost softcore presentation of perfect porcelain skin and young, innocent lolita beauty. When the spheres of reality blur from High Fashion to Second Life, woman and image are equally fetishized.
/HORST

Welcome To Tomorrow

Snap - Welcome To Tomorrow 1996

Animated 3D renderings that perpetuate the visions of Dalí and Magritte. Weird illogical elements wafting in undefined space, ranging from clock tower (time) and strip dance pole (sensual enjoyment). Symbols without meaning. 16 years before Raf Simons and Willy Vanderperre for Dior.
/HORST

Resident Evil

Resident Evil: Afterlife 2010

Admittedly favored, the empty sceneries, brutal lightness of meaning as well as lack of plot create a successful symbiosis of all-wrong entertainment. A fake universe that perfectly translates its computer context/origin.
/HORST

P.S.: The 'rain' prequel contains clear plastic umbrellas.