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There is an exhibition in prison. It is called CRACK.

Catalog of the Group exhibition at the former prison in Weimar MFA-Programme "Public Art and New Artistic Strategies" in 2015.

Catalog of the Group exhibition at the former prison in Weimar
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Under surveillance love must find a special expression

Filipe Serro

“ Prison is a place of prohibition, and thus of secrets and

infringements - at least in the hope and imagination of

its inmates.” - Harun Farocki, “Prison Images” (2000)

In the context of incarceration, the surveillance camera is the eye of

God: both haunting and revered, it sees everything but never directly

intervenes. Just like God, the CCTV camera never forgets, registering

actions and interactions into ever-growing archives of digital data, which

hold the secrets of human nature. Exploring the relationship between

the divine and the deviant, the video installation creates a fictional

universe of homoerotic tension between two inmates in separate cells.

Arguably an integral part of human nature, love - along with the nearby

notions of sex, desire, seduction and longing - will always find a way to

express itself, even under close watch.

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