REPO MAN
2013
Book, 19.7 x 12.8 cm, 139 p, language : English, publisher : Publication Studio, Portland, Oregon, ISBN : 9781624620454.
Materials: Ink, paper
Collection: Collection M HKA, Antwerp (Inv. no. B 2026/631).
Literary synopsis
Dan Gilsdorf's Repo Man is a personalized, scene-for-scene retelling of the popular film of the same name, written in the author's own voice.
Relation of the novel to the artist’s practice
Repo Man is an extension of Gilsdorf’s previous text-based work that uses appropriated or algorithmically produced language as a means to create visual compositions or sculptural presences.
Novel's website
Authorship: Appropriation/Collage, Artist Author.
Creative Strategy: Rewriting Film.
Genre: Adventures, Science-Fiction, Speculative Fiction.
Publishing: Art Books Publishing House, Print-On-Demand.
Theme: American Culture, Capitalism, Socio-Political Critic, Time travel.