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
MFA-Programme "Public Art and New Artistic Strategies" in 2015.
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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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