Neoliberal Loops - 3-channel video installation with MIDI soundtrack (work in progress)

Directions: Play videos at the same time:

MIDI soundtrack, Emma Johnson, “Neoliberal Loops,” Sound, 16min, 4sec., 2025-2026.

Video 1 (long durée) - “Stock Market Crashes 1637-2025”
Emma Johnson, “Neoliberal Loops,” Digital Video, 16min, 4sec. on a loop, 2025-2026.
https://youtu.be/iS2-lWl_4hE

Video 2 (medium durée) - “Perusing Zillow and Billionaires’ Row”
Emma Johnson, “Neoliberal Loops,” Digital Video, 32min, 8sec. on a loop, 2025-2026.
https://youtu.be/mWAkUEqH_SE

Video 3 (short durée) - “Shopping and Waves by the Statue of Liberty”
Emma Johnson, “Neoliberal Loops,” Digital Video, 64min, 16sec. on a loop, 2025-2026.
https://youtu.be/x7zFbCuA1DY

Neoliberal Loops - Neoliberal Truisms (work in progress)

Emma Johnson in Germany, 2022, in front of the artwork of Birgit Brenner.

The second project will include truisms based on the style of Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, and Birgit Brenner on the subject of neoliberalism and feminism. There will be numbers running on LED lights interspersed with 100 (or 365) truisms such that when text appears it is a surprise to the audience.

An example of text on an LED screen in Jenny Holzer’s work. https://www.hauserwirth.com/resources/2721-jenny-holzer-softer-targets/

e.g. of Neoliberal Truism by Emma Johnson: 

HAPPINESS IS CAPITALISM

Truisms will be printed at the CCCAC in Hancock, Michigan, USA.

Neoliberal Loops - Neoliberal Loops [the soundtrack] (work in progress)

 MIDI composition, 2025-2026

The piece is being created in Apple’s Logic Pro. These are the first 16 measures.

Neoliberal Loops - Neoliberal Loops [stock market crashes] (work in progress)

 Images from Wiki Media

1637

1869

2011

Neoliberal Loops - Neoliberal Loops [Statue of Liberty water] (work in progress)

 Some screenshots from the 3-channel video installation:

Statue of Liberty images comes from the Library of Congress archives.

Inspiration from Wavelength (1967) images:

Neoliberal Loops - Neoliberal Loops [Zillow + Billionaires' Row] (work in progress)

 Screenshots from Zillow

Neoliberal Loops - Sleeping Jutta (Lost in Translation) (work in progress)

I was inspired by Kacere and Coppola when creating Sleeping Jutta (Lost in Translation). However, I wanted to turn around the male gaze to confront the viewer.

Jutta, John Kacere, Oil on Canvas, 53 x 78.5in., 1973. Source: https://www.meiselgallery.com/artwork/jutta/

Lost in Translation (filmstill), Sofia Coppola, 2003. Source: https://michaelmoseryr2.wordpress.com/2015/10/18/260mc-coursework-1-lost-in-translation-analysis-cinematic-language/

Watch opening of Lost in Translation: https://vimeo.com/122514833

Emma Johnson, Sleeping Jutta (Lost in Translation), Digital Photography Print, 11 x 17 inches, 2026.

Emma Johnson, Sleeping Jutta (Lost in Translation), Digital Video, 27 minutes 30 seconds, 2026: https://youtu.be/RA4cIjnXvHQ?si=Ks969nUuMcPNv-4m

Coppola's opening sequence reminded me of the French version of Beauty and the Beast, which I find creepy.

Illustration for Beauty and the Beast. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1874.