Matt Kenyon: A secret memorial for civilian casualties
Matt Kenyon: Como eu coloquei um memorial de civis iraquianos no governo dos EUA
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.
é autor de uma frase que eu adoro.
Be the media."
Seja a mídia".
because A, I'm familiar with them
e tecnologia, porque tenho familiaridade
of the power they hold.
e morro de medo do poder que elas detêm.
between Fox News host Tony Snow
entre Tony Snow, da Fox News,
na época secretário de defesa dos EUA.
Donald Rumsfeld.
sobre a recente invasão do Iraque,
about the recent invasion of Iraq,
as baixas deles. Por quê?"
on other people."
as baixas de outros povos".
to one million Iraqis, civilians,
e 1 milhão de iraquianos, civis,
liderada pelos EUA, em 2003.
of the US-led invasion in 2003.
the 4,486 US service members who died
face aos 4.486 americanos que morreram
awareness to this terrifying number.
sobre este número estarrecedor.
for the individual civilians
em homenagem aos civis
such as Maya Lin's Vietnam Memorial,
como o Memorial do Vietnã, de Maya Lin,
in the world, and to circulate.
vivesse e circulasse pelo mundo.
sobre educação cívica clássica
this classic civics assignment
e escrevíamos para um membro do governo.
and you write a member of your government.
uma carta boa de verdade,
if we wrote a really good letter,
a simple formed letter as a reply.
do que uma carta pré-escrita.
yellow legal tablet of paper
de papel amarelo comum
aos civis iraquianos
to the individual Iraqi civilians
and an act of commemoration
e também de comemoração
os nomes, datas e locais
the dates and locations
pads of this paper, tons of this stuff,
toneladas deles, pelos últimos cinco anos,
para fornecedores de papel
into the stationery supplies
dos Estados Unidos e da coalizão
and the Coalition governments.
the place to discuss how I did that.
para eu contar como fiz isso.
com membros e ex-membros
with members and former members
que ajudou na invasão.
who assisted in the invasion.
me encontro com um deles,
I meet with one of them,
a chance de me encontrar
and Torture Memo author, Alberto Gonzales.
Alberto Gonzales.
May I give this to you?
É parte de um projeto em andamento.
of an ongoing art project.
de notas especial?
This is a special legal pad?
mas está no Museu de Arte Moderna.
of Modern Art; I'm an artist.
of the paper are actually --
do papel, na verdade...
of individual Iraqi civilians
MK: Obrigado.
really creeps me out.
olhasse embaixo de sua poltrona.
to look under your chairs.
que morreram devido à invasão.
that died as result of the invasion.
and write a member of government.
para escrever a um membro do governo.
this civilian body count
esta contagem de baixas de civis
that's sent in to the government,
the world, of course --
arquivada e registrada.
is archived, filed and recorded.
and under the noses of people in power.
nas caixas de correio,
archive of our government,
do arquivo permanente do governo,
come into your head, of "Notepad"?
veio à sua cabeça?
the US Coalition side of the war
dos EUA na coalizão da guerra,
"Dispositivo Empático Improvisado"
the "Improvised Empathetic Device"
e causas e locais de morte
cause of death and location
que morreram fora do país.
who had died overseas,
ou o CENTCOM liberava esses dados,
or CENTCOM released their data,
that there was a spectacle
de que havia uma vigilância
who were dying overseas,
que morria fora do país,
amount of casualties
MK: Obrigado.
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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