Little Private Governments
7 min dubbed appropriated images and text from a diverse range of documentaries on the historical narrative of New York’s economic and democratic adventure.  A series of metaphysical camera sweeps, hard edits and a transcendental-style textual narrative entangle the idealistic language of democratic poetry (such as Walt Whitman) with the corporate mantras of the dot-com venture capitalist boom.  Now the languages of truth and idealism are Darwinian-style competitors in the social sphere.

Amanda Beech
Amanda Beech’s work explores the relationship between democracy and violence in neo-liberalism by re-playing the forceful rhetoric within liberal narratives of freedom, which play out in philosophy, politics, literature and popular culture.  Recent works include: Falk, solo exhibition at MOT International, London, Dec 2006 (cat), One Way Street, Sheppard Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno and KX Gallery Hamburg, Germany, 2007, Ubiquitous Media, Tokyo University, Japan, July 2007, State Line, video screening at the Serpentine Gallery Project Space, London, 2007.  Amanda Beech is Course Director of MA Critical Writing and Curatorial Practice at Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges of Art, UAL and is represented by MOT, London.