Paul Pfeiffer

Boxing is a favorite subject of this video artist, and it figures prominently in his latest show. In one piece, the original audio accompanying footage of the highly publicized Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao bout at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, in 2015, has been replaced by a Foley soundtrack isolating the physical exertion of the boxers and the rustling of the stadium audience; meanwhile, another video channel shows the Foley artists at work. A different  series features chrome TV monitors playing slow-motion excerpts of boxing matches in which the attacking opponents have been digitally removed. Besides subverting our expectations of what we are watching, Pfeiffer’s elisions deconstruct our collective addiction spectacle