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Video, HD Color, 3.06 min, 2017
Silent buzzing This video is an homage to Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian philosopher. When asked about the aim of philosophy Wittgenstein replied that it was to show the fry the way out of the bottle. Lamaj performs a very minimalist hand gesture, putting a pencil into a bottle of Coke in order to help the fly get out of it. This action is a reflection on the position of both the artist and the intellectual in neoliberalism. It is also a call for agency."