Eugenia Cooney

The mystery, controversy and alleged criminality surrounding YouTuber Greg "Onision" Jackson, bringing forward new research and revelations about the man that the YouTube community loves to hate.

Composer and filmmaker Christian von Borries' new film Desert of the real visits these contemporary wastelands. In a rich collage of acted scenes and documentary footage, he extends the metaphor of the wasteland to today's medial reality. At the heart of so many holographic simulations and replicas, in a world custom-made for selfie and instagram tweets, he reveals emptiness and potential violence. (David Riff) The only way to trace the distinction between the semblance and the Real is, precisely, to STAGE it in a fake spectacle.

The mystery, controversy and alleged criminality surrounding YouTuber Greg "Onision" Jackson, bringing forward new research and revelations about the man that the YouTube community loves to hate.