Fanfictional Politics

Pedro Gossler (2022)

What happens when politics becomes a form of fandom? Fanfictional Politics is a video essay on how speculation, roleplay, and myth-making shape collective belief online. Taking inspiration from Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project, the work adopts montage to mirror the fractured logic of conspiracy. Here, fragments are linked by the thinnest strands of causality, dissolving the boundary between fact and fiction and revealing how political myths are co-authored in real time by online crowds.

Pedro Gossler

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Pedro Gossler is a Brazilian interdisciplinary artist based in Rotterdam whose practice spans photography, video, and animation. His work investigates memory and the archive in post-internet times, examining how digital cultures reshape the ways histories are recorded, transmitted, and reconstructed. Gossler’s projects have been presented at major international platforms, including the International Film Festival Rotterdam and the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro. His films have received notable recognition, winning Best Documentary at Sheffield International Documentary Festival and Most Innovative Film at Visions du Réel. In addition to exhibitions, his work has been published by DIS and Do Not Research, and he has been commissioned by institutions including Rupert (Lithuania).

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