I Dreamed a Dream

另一个讲座中《I Dreamed a Dream》 (2013)中，艺术家更是充分调动了其幽默的语言风格，从《悲惨世界》中耳熟能详的主题曲说起，通过对革命与军火制造进行比较，讨论当今社会中的无处不在的艺术生产，以及，“为什么有这么多艺术项目？”

trans.In another lecture, I Dreamed a Dream (2013), the artist deploys her humorous verbal style to the full: starting from the familiar theme song of Les Miserables, and by comparing revolution with arms manufacture, she discusses the ubiquitous art production of today's society and the question, 'why are there so many art projects?'

彭祖强 (Peng Zuqiang), Artforum 中文网, 2014 · in zh · read the full text

The final work in the show, ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ (2013) is another lecture, this time delivered in Berlin. Steyerl draws a parallel between the de-skilling of art production leading to a state of artistic over-production with the invention of firearms, leading to democratisation of violence. Through a discussion of Victor Hugo’s ‘Les Misérables’ and Susan Boyle’s performance of a song from the musical derived from that work, the artist asks who today’s ‘misérables’ might be; talent show hopefuls desperately plying for a taste of fame, or their art-world counterparts desperately pitching and hoping to make something sustainab

Tim Dixon, this is tomorrow, 2015 · read the full text