In this ninth episode of Radio Show Me What Democracy Looks Like, we circle back to earlier themes in the visual culture of democracy (architecture, ‘The People’ vs people, memory, otherness, and violence), the juxtaposition of ruins and life in Andreas Angelidakis’ Demos (2016-ongoing), and things that have spirits. Ruins and Life in Democratic Visual Culture […]
In this eighth episode of Radio Show Me What Democracy Looks Like, we engage with topics of memory, otherness and violence in the visual culture of democracy, Erna Rosenstein’s Night (1993) and vital strategies against forgetting. Memory, otherness & violence in democratic visual culture Erna Rosenstein Night (1993) Memory, Otherness and Violence in the Summer of […]
In this sixth episode of Radio Show Me What Democracy Looks Like, we focus on architecture, monuments and spaces in the visual culture of democracy, Rebecca Belmore’s Biinjiya’iing Onji (From Inside) (2017) and the eruption of truth. Architecture, Monuments & Spaces in Democratic Visual Culture Rebecca Belmore Biinjiya’iing Onji (From Inside) (2017) “When it was carefully […]
In this fifth episode of Radio Show Me What Democracy Looks Like, we consider representations of censorship, freedom of the press and book bans in the visual culture of democracy, Marta Minujín The Parthenon of Books (1983/2017) and two competing forms of freedom. Censorship, Freedom of the Press, and Book Bans in Democratic Visual Culture Marta […]
In this fourth episode of Radio Show Me What Democracy Looks Like, we focus on representations of religious coexistence in the visual culture of democracy, K.G. Subramanyan’s 2013 mural War of the Relics and the sharing of Indigenous spirituality and warmth. Religious Coexistence in Democratic Visual Culture K.G. Subramanyan’s War of the Relics Measuring 2.7 by 10.9 […]
In this third episode of Radio Show Me What Democracy Looks Like, we focus on representations of freedom of expression in the visual culture of democracy, Edi Hila’s 1972 painting Planting of Trees and building communities of freedom. Freedom of Expression in democratic visual culture Edi Hila Planting of Trees (1972) “He had been banished […]
Radio Show Me What Democracy Looks Like is a new minus plato? weekly radio show inspired by 34 Exercises of Freedom at documenta 14, held in Athens, Greece in September 2016. The show has been created for the online class Art Education 2600: Visual Culture: Representation and Society that I’m currently teaching at This Ohio State University. It […]
Radio Show Me What Democracy Looks Like is a new minus plato? weekly radio show inspired by 34 Exercises of Freedom at documenta 14, held in Athens, Greece in September 2016. The show has been created for the online class Art Education 2600: Visual Culture: Representation and Society that I’m currently teaching at This Ohio State University. […]