Whitechapel Gallery, London
Christopher Williams
The Production Line of Happiness
29.04.2015 -
21.06.2015
Photo: EPW Studio
The Production Line of Happiness
Installation view
Photo: EPW Studio
The Production Line of Happiness
Installation view
Photo: EPW Studio
The Production Line of Happiness
Installation view
Photo: EPW Studio
The Production Line of Happiness
Installation view
Photo: EPW Studio
The Production Line of Happiness
Installation view
For the title of this exhibition, Williams has taken a line from a documentary by French director Jean-Luc Godard, in which an amateur filmmaker compares his daily job as a factory worker with his hobby of editing his films of the Swiss countryside as “the production line of happiness.” In Williams’s hands the phrase appears to refer broadly to the function of much photography in today’s consumer culture, in which it not only pictures but also produces so many experiences and objects to be consumed.
The Production Line of Happiness
Installation view
Photo: EPW Studio
The Production Line of Happiness
Installation view
Photo: EPW Studio
The Production Line of Happiness
Installation view
Photo: EPW Studio
The Production Line of Happiness
Installation view
Photo: EPW Studio
The Production Line of Happiness
Installation view
Photo: EPW Studio