Lectures

TABU V UMĚNÍ A POLITICE

placeAVU in Prague
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castJiří Přibáň
cameraJan Zahradníček
soundJan Zahradníček
editingJan Zahradníček
interviewJan Zahradníček
categoryLectures
published19. 10. 2006
languageČesky / English
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TABU V UMĚNÍ A POLITICE
What can we do within the confines of the present? What are the discursive possibilities and conditions of accelerationism? What are the investments and aspirations for such a language and for such an endeavor?
Through the moving images of artists Jeanie Crystal, Zein Majali, and Emily Pope, the exhibition explores the theme of diaries and personal narratives. You Make Me Feel is a dose of feelings, a jumble of reactions, and a message to one's future self.
On January 7, 2005, Oury Jalloh, an asylum seeker from Sierra Leone, died in a German police cell as a result of a fire. The police version of the case states that it was probably an accident caused by the detainee himself, or suicide, in connection with the ignition of a mattress made of non-flammable material to which Oury Jalloh was handcuffed and shackled.