By Harry Dodge
trt 2:00 LOOP
Made with the most fundamental tools of Final Cut Pro, this loop is the second in a trilogy (along with Unkillable and Fred Can Never Be Called Bald) concerned with the possible relationships between language and image. Ipse Dixit uses the simplest deployments of the technology to deliver a short transcription on the end of the world. The upbeat, instructional friendliness of the graphics is meant to contrast in an unsettling fashion with the brief, grim tale told as “he said it.”