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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DID YOU HEAR
Stefan Klein
During the exhibition in the former juvenile prison (JVA Weimar) a rumour
was spread in an ongoing performance over the course of three days:
Did you hear ... that they are thinking of housing refugees
in this building after the exhibition is finished?
A rumor can be a very hurtful tool, a way of propaganda. From myth and
legend, it is distinguished by its emphasis on the topical: whereas humor
is designed to provoke laughter, rumor begs for belief.
In contradiction to its content, the way a rumor is passed on is a very
personal moment: leaning in to whisper something in somebody’s ear,
slightly touching bodies of stranger, it has a subtly intimate touch to it.
The way the sentence and its content changes every time it is passed on
from person to person, it resembles an object that is constantly changing.
It is a possibility, an attempt to show something that cannot be seen.
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