Matt Kenyon: A secret memorial for civilian casualties
Matt Kenyon: Como infiltrei um memorial para os 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.
e músico punk
Be the media."
com os media e a tecnologia
because A, I'm familiar with them
of the power they hold.
between Fox News host Tony Snow
o apresentador da Fox News,
Donald Rumsfeld.
o Secretário da Defesa dos EUA,
about the recent invasion of Iraq,
uma recente invasão ao Iraque
dos nossos corpos,
da contagem dos deles.
on other people."
de corpos dos outros".
to one million Iraqis, civilians,
entre 150 000 a um milhão
da invasão liderada pelos EUA em 2003.
of the US-led invasion in 2003.
the 4,486 US service members who died
com os 4486 membros ao serviço dos EUA
awareness to this terrifying number.
para estes números terríveis.
for the individual civilians
para cada civil
such as Maya Lin's Vietnam Memorial,
o memorial criado por Maya Lin no Vietname
in the world, and to circulate.
vivesse no mundo e circulasse.
um garoto na escola
this classic civics assignment
a clássica tarefa de educação cívica
and you write a member of your government.
if we wrote a really good letter,
uma carta realmente boa,
a simple formed letter as a reply.
simples carta padrão como resposta.
yellow legal tablet of paper
de papel amarelo
to the individual Iraqi civilians
um monumento aos civis iraquianos
em resultado da invasão dos EUA.
and an act of commemoration
e um ato de comemoração
the dates and locations
as datas e os locais
pads of this paper, tons of this stuff,
blocos deste papel, toneladas disso,
into the stationery supplies
nos suprimentos de papelaria
and the Coalition governments.
e dos governos da coligação.
the place to discuss how I did that.
não é o lugar para discutir como fiz isso.
with members and former members
um por um, com membros e ex-membros
who assisted in the invasion.
que deu apoio à invasão.
I meet with one of them,
e partilho o projeto com eles.
de me encontrar
and Torture Memo author, Alberto Gonzales.
procurador geral dos Estados Unidos
Posso entregar-lhe isto?
May I give this to you?
dum projeto de arte em andamento.
of an ongoing art project.
Um bloco-notas especial?
This is a special legal pad?
não vai acreditar em mim
of Modern Art; I'm an artist.
Museu de Arte Moderna; sou um artista.
of the paper are actually --
são, na verdade...
of individual Iraqi civilians
de cidadãos civis iraquianos
- Obrigado.
really creeps me out.
realmente mete medo.
to look under your chairs.
olhasse por baixo da cadeira.
that died as result of the invasion.
que morreram em resultado da invasão.
and write a member of government.
e escrevessem a um membro do governo.
this civilian body count
essa contagem de corpos civis
that's sent in to the government,
que são enviadas ao governo
the world, of course --
is archived, filed and recorded.
.
e registadas
and under the noses of people in power.
nas caixas do correio
que estão no poder.
archive of our government,
come into your head, of "Notepad"?
essa ideia do "Bloco-notas"?
the US Coalition side of the war
lado da coligação dos EUA na Guerra.
the "Improvised Empathetic Device"
"Dispositivo Empático Improvisado"
cause of death and location
a causa da morte e o local
who had died overseas,
que morreram no ultramar.
or CENTCOM released their data,
ou o CENTCOM publicava os seus dados,
that there was a spectacle
que havia um espetáculo
who were dying overseas,
que estava a morrer no ultramar,
amount of casualties
de baixas eram as baixas civis.
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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