Atthefirstpost-SovieteditionoftheOlympicGamesin1992,theAmericanbasketballteam'TheDreamTeam'bulldozedalltheopponentsandwonthegoldmedal.Theteam'sundoubteddominancecoincidedwithanewerainglobalpolitics,embodiedbytheUnitedStates'attackonIraqtheyearbefore.FromtheOlympicfiretoburningoilfields,andfromspectacularvictoriesonthebasketballcourttotheinvasionofnewterritories.HaigAivazian's'Prometheus'isbasedonvideomaterialfromtheinternet,andcombinesthesetwohistoricalmomentsinasuggestive,rhythmicmontage,whichletsthedarksubtextofecstaticimagesofsportingtriumphsandwarfareemergewithanalchemicalforce,atatimewhenthiseraisabouttoend.TherearenodidactictricksinAivazian'svideocollage,whichcreatesaspacewheretheimagesarebothobjectsandagents.