Matt Kenyon: A secret memorial for civilian casualties
מאט קניון: איך הגנבתי אזכרה לאזרחים עירקיים לממשל האמריקאי
From a plant that lives or dies based on stock prices to an oilcan that flows backward, Matt Kenyon creates art that startles, amuses and challenges assumptions. Full bio
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rock musician Jello Biafra that I love.
ומוזיקאי הפאנק רוק ג'לו ביאפרה שאני אוהב.
Be the media."
because A, I'm familiar with them
בגלל שראשית, אני מכיר אותן
of the power they hold.
ואני מבועת מהכוח שהן מחזיקות.
between Fox News host Tony Snow
בראיון בין מנחה חדשות פוקס טוני סנו
Donald Rumsfeld.
about the recent invasion of Iraq,
on other people."
של אנשים אחרים."
to one million Iraqis, civilians,
of the US-led invasion in 2003.
the 4,486 US service members who died
ל 4,486 החיילים האמריקאים שמתו
awareness to this terrifying number.
להביא מודעות למספר המפחיד.
for the individual civilians
such as Maya Lin's Vietnam Memorial,
כמו אנדרטת מלחמת ויאטנאם של מיה לין,
in the world, and to circulate.
this classic civics assignment
and you write a member of your government.
if we wrote a really good letter,
a simple formed letter as a reply.
מנוסח בפשטות כתשובה.
yellow legal tablet of paper
to the individual Iraqi civilians
and an act of commemoration
the dates and locations
pads of this paper, tons of this stuff,
לקחתי פדים של נייר, טונות של הדברים האלה,
into the stationery supplies
and the Coalition governments.
the place to discuss how I did that.
לדון באיך עשיתי את זה.
with members and former members
עם חברים וחברים לשעבר
who assisted in the invasion.
שסייעה לפלישה.
I meet with one of them,
and Torture Memo author, Alberto Gonzales.
וסופר זיכרון העינוי, אלברטו גונזלס.
May I give this to you?
האם אני יכול לתת לך את זה?
of an ongoing art project.
This is a special legal pad?
of Modern Art; I'm an artist.
לאמנות מודרנית; אני אמן.
of the paper are actually --
of individual Iraqi civilians
really creeps me out.
באמת מפחידה אותי.
to look under your chairs.
יביט מתחת לכיסא.
that died as result of the invasion.
שמת כתוצאה מהפלישה.
and write a member of government.
ותכתבו לחבר בממשל.
this civilian body count
את ספירת הגופות האזרחית הזו
that's sent in to the government,
the world, of course --
is archived, filed and recorded.
and under the noses of people in power.
ותחת אפם של האנשים בשלטון.
archive of our government,
come into your head, of "Notepad"?
the US Coalition side of the war
the "Improvised Empathetic Device"
שקראתי לה "מכשיר האמפטיה המאולתר"
cause of death and location
who had died overseas,
or CENTCOM released their data,
שיחררו את המידע שלהם,
that there was a spectacle
who were dying overseas,
amount of casualties
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Matt Kenyon - New media artistFrom a plant that lives or dies based on stock prices to an oilcan that flows backward, Matt Kenyon creates art that startles, amuses and challenges assumptions.
Why you should listen
Matt Kenyon works at the intersection of art and technology, creating pieces that question society’s large, complex systems — from our reliance on global corporations and oil, to the military-industrial complex. His works include: “SPORE 1.1,” a self-sustaining ecosystem for a rubber tree, purchased from The Home Depot and watered in conjunction with Home Depot stock prices; “Supermajor,” a collection of vintage oilcans with droplets of oil that defy gravity and flow back into a punctured hole; and ”Notepad,” a commemoration of the Iraqi civilians who died as a result of the US-led invasion, printed in the lines of what appear to be your average, everyday legal pads.
Kenyon creates these projects through SWAMP, or Studies of Work Atmosphere and Mass Production. He teaches art at the University of Michigan's Stamps School of Art & Design.
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