rose mcgowan

Rose McGowan’s seering rendition of Mark Zuckerberg’s court testimony to raise awareness for the United Nation’s Global Goal of ‘Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions’, is a powerful, satirical comment on big tech; big tech as the strongest institutions of our time and their power as arbiters of peace and justice (however misdirected they might be). Whilst heading up the video department at Dazed and Confused Magazine Bec built on the format pioneered by Mykki Blanco’s performance of I Want a Dyke for President and created a series called Texts to raise awareness for the United Nation’s Global Goals in collaboration with #TOGETHERBAND. The series saw various cultural icons repurposing song lyrics, poetry and even court testimonies for a straight to camera performance. Wherever teams aligned talent were brought together with a global goal which spoke to their values, and the perfect text for that goal. The performances required talent to step out of their comfort zone and perform for a production without the full works of costume and production design creating a vulnerability, authenticity and a DIY aesthetic.