Plastic identity

Not being a John Lennon or video art fan, I almost wandered off to the kitchen in search of more wine during a piece on last Saturday's The Culture Show on the BBC about South African artist Candice Breitz's video installation at the BALTIC Center for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, but then my attention was caught by something the artist said about being interested in how the language of fandom is an international currency.  As can be seen by this interview with one of the many fans she filmed singing Lennon songs, this definitely counts as a moment when a national cultural identity is subsumed by a common identity as a fan.