Audio-visual Art

WATCHING

documentary strategy performance

Game with an observer, watching or being watched. Being a witness, being a victim. Motivation is unknown, but the collar is attached.

 
artistsLadislav Vondrák
place_Neurčené město
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documentary strategyperformance
categoryAudio-visual Art
published22. 2. 2013
languageČesky / English
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