Marcello Mercado
Das Kapital, Version 77: The Weight of the Weights
An Archive in Transit
1- Channel Video Installation
sound, color, 5 minutes
2025
Das Kapital, Version 77: The Weight of the Weights
An Archive in Transit
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In Das Kapital, Version 77: In The Weight of the Weights, Marcello Mercado embarks on a biographical and conceptual journey where the boundary between the personal and historical archives dissolves. The work revisits the book that has accompanied the artist for decades, Karl Marx’s Capital, and transforms it into a digital map of weights, files, and memories.
Filmed during a journey from Germany to Denmark, the video shows the artist leaning against the ferry’s railing and contemplating the sea as white waves unfold toward the horizon. Minimalist titles appear over the image, displaying the chapters of Das Kapital and their digital weight in kilobytes. These are not thoughts or memories; they are weights. Weights accumulated. Weights released. Files that provide answers when fundamental questions arise: Where am I? Who am I? What do I want to do with my life?»
The sound of the sea is constant, immersive, and uninterrupted. The image remains fixed and suspended in a time of transition. The movement does not occur in the camera but in the waves, the files, and the artist’s inner self.
(Spanish)
Marcello Mercado
El Capital, versión 77: El peso de los pesos
Un archivo en tránsito
El vídeo, filmado durante un viaje de Alemania a Dinamarca, muestra al artista apoyado en la baranda de un ferry, contemplando el mar mientras las olas blancas se desplazan hacia el horizonte.
(German)
Das Kapital, Version 77: Das Gewicht der Gewichte
Ein Archiv im Transit
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Das Video, das während einer Überfahrt von Deutschland nach Dänemark aufgenommen wurde, zeigt den Künstler, wie er an die Reling einer Fähre gelehnt das Meer betrachtet, während sich die weißen Wellen zum Horizont hin ausbreiten.