ARS ELECTRONICA
ERROR TRASH
PR-DT Structures
PARALLEL SOUND
London
Res://:Data
BIENNALE 08
Speaker Sys 1.1
Composition:Film
motion tracker
curators: Borga Kanturk, Ovul Durmusoglu, Adnan Yildiz, Marcus Graf, Pelin Uran
8 september - 4 november, 2007
conceptual framework: "During the Cultural Revolution in China in the 1960s and 1970s, the 'lower class' was encouraged to post their critiques on the elite in the form of 'Dazibao' (a journal/poster with large letters). Street corners became public forums. In spite of totalitarian propaganda, this approach showed a form of radical democracy, and even assumes an urban guerrilla-like insurgency. It is no surprise that the 'Dazibao' was banned in China after the Cultural Revolution precisely because it contributed to the challenge of totalitarian rule; it became the voice that claimed for reform and an openness from the 'bottom' of society. The famous "Wall of Democracy" in Xidan, Beijing, was the most remarkable example."
PIXELPOINT 2005
KLON:ART:RESISTANCE
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