Walid Raad Cakes

Walid Raad, Festival of Gratitude, 2020–25, HD video, loop, color, silent, 12 seconds, 3 + 1 AP

A series of computer-generated birthday cakes and slices designed by Walid Raad for loved and/or detested 20^th and 21^st century global dictators, strong(wo)men, kings and queens, princes and princesses, emirs, sheikhs and sheikhas, sultans, popes, shahs, emperors and empresses, ayatollahs, presidents, prime-ministers, bosses, CEOs, and GOATs.