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Seine abstrakten Darstellungen zieren Wände von London bis Athen. Kaum vorstellbar, dass die Urban Art vor 30 Jahren noch als Vandalismus galt
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RE:PRESENT is the general topic for the 8th edition of the Calle Libre Festival.
The topic finds its roots in the current new waves of political illiberalism, social polarisation, and the obsession with security. In the wake of growing divisions and polarisations, it seems fundamental to look at the heterogeneity of our shared pasts.
Indeed, these trends find their roots in centuries of colonial past, cultural appropriation and subjugation of collective memories. For too long realities have been taken out of their native contexts, leading to skewed representations of identities, cultures and peoples. These misrepresentations have caused many divides in our societies, manifested through racism, xenophobia or the “othering” of those who do not share our same customs or traditions. Undeniably, the time has come to reclaim and rethink the history and agency of those who were dispossessed and subordinated by Imperialism in its various forms.
Through a number of artworks in the public space as well as some inside the Weltmuseum Wien, international and local artists will have the opportunity to present new visual worlds and novel patterns of interpretation of their socio-cultural realities and their peoples’ collective memories. Specifically, this edition’s artworks aim to foster honest dialogue, to overcome stereotypes shaped by art history, and to come closer to the deconstruction of hegemonic imagery.
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This year also in Klagenfurt one work from NAME: appeared. on the „Neuer Platz“, one of the main squares of the captial city of Carinthia, where you can now read the lettering „Celovec Lives“. For the public the work by NAME: is not visible, but it is there anyhow.
The added word LIVES next to a graffiti work, means that a graffiti writer died. In the graffiti subculture dead graffiti artists get a huge respect from the community. A lot of active writers are painting the names of the deceased writers after their death. As a sign of recognition they add the word LIVES next to their names.
This is the reason why NAME: also attached the word LIVES next to the Slovenian word CELOVEC (Klagenfurt). The Slovenian minority in Austria is having a huge struggle for their existence for more than a century.
In summary NAME: refers to the focus of this exhibition which tells a lot about how culture is constantly changing and how we can use culture for changing a language terminology, that was adapted in the whole world. The terminology which was created by writers in the 1970s is still used by this subculture.
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