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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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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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