Matt Kenyon: A secret memorial for civilian casualties
Matt Kenyon: Amerikan hükümetinin içine Iraklı siviller için bir anıtı nasıl gizlice soktum
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.
Jello Biafra'nın sevdiğim bir sözü var.
Be the media."
medyanın kendisi olun"
because A, I'm familiar with them
seviyorum çünkü, A) birbirimize aşinayiz
of the power they hold.
ve sahip oldukları
between Fox News host Tony Snow
Tony Snow ile o zamanki
Donald Rumsfeld.
Donald Rumsfeld arasındaki
about the recent invasion of Iraq,
sayılarını duyuyoruz,
on other people."
to one million Iraqis, civilians,
of the US-led invasion in 2003.
the 4,486 US service members who died
4486 Amerikan askeri
awareness to this terrifying number.
yapmak istedim.
for the individual civilians
such as Maya Lin's Vietnam Memorial,
in the world, and to circulate.
this classic civics assignment
verdiğini hatırlarım.
and you write a member of your government.
if we wrote a really good letter,
mektup yazarsak,
a simple formed letter as a reply.
mektuptan fazlasını alırsınız.
yellow legal tablet of paper
not defteri gibi görünen defter
to the individual Iraqi civilians
yaşamını kaybetmiş olan
and an act of commemoration
içine gizlenmiş
the dates and locations
günleri ve yerlerini
pads of this paper, tons of this stuff,
bu kağıtlardan yapılan defterleri
into the stationery supplies
and the Coalition governments.
the place to discuss how I did that.
söylememe gerek yok.
with members and former members
who assisted in the invasion.
yüz yüze görüşmeler yapıyorum.
I meet with one of them,
içlerinden biri ile görüşüp
Torture Memo yazarı
and Torture Memo author, Alberto Gonzales.
tanışma firsatı buldum.
May I give this to you?
of an ongoing art project.
çalışmanın parçası.
This is a special legal pad?
Bu resmi bir bloknot, öyle mi?
of Modern Art; I'm an artist.
ben sanatkarım.
of the paper are actually --
of individual Iraqi civilians
MK: Teşekkür ederim.
really creeps me out.
beni ürpertiyor.
to look under your chairs.
bakmasını rica ediyorum.
that died as result of the invasion.
bilgilerini içermektedir.
and write a member of government.
mektup yazarken kullanmanızı istiyorum.
this civilian body count
devlet arşivlerine
that's sent in to the government,
yazacağınız ve göndereceğiniz
the world, of course --
her yerinde böyledir elbette,
is archived, filed and recorded.
dosyalanır ve arşivlenir.
and under the noses of people in power.
posta kutularına atıp
burnunun dibine sokabiliriz.
archive of our government,
sürekli bir parçası ve
come into your head, of "Notepad"?
the US Coalition side of the war
tarafıyla ilgiliydi.
the "Improvised Empathetic Device"
cause of death and location
who had died overseas,
ve yerini kaydediyor.
or CENTCOM released their data,
CENTCOM bu verileri her paylaştığında
gibi hissederdim.
that there was a spectacle
hayatını kaybeden
who were dying overseas,
olduğunu fark ettim.
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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