Nothing Runs Like a Deere

Synopsis

Over the course of a hot summer evening, teenagers in a remote, provincial Swedish town meet in parking lots to hang out in their cars. We recognize the rockabilly culture of 1950’s. Artist Max Göran revisits the culture in a documentary video work that starts as a piece of gonzo-anthropology and mutates into magical realism. The cars are tuned down to tractor speeds of 20 mph in case the police show up, but with the push of a secret button, the young drivers of ages down to 16 can transform their vehicles into real cars – an object with its own contradictory, symbolic and subcultural history from James Dean to the present day.

Director Biography

Max Göran is an artist and filmmaker who lives and works between Berlin and Sweden. He holds an MFA from Goldsmiths, and has studied with professor Josephine Pryde at the Berlin University of the Arts (2015-2019). He had his first solo exhibition at Jenny’s in Los Angeles 2019 and has been part of several group exhibitions and festivals.