THEY TOLD YOU SO (From Networked Performance, http://turbulence.org/blog/2009/07/13/live-stage-they-told-you-so-nyc/)
The artworks in the exhibition They Told You So invert, expand, and parody the rhetoric of power. The artworks reveal the tropes of rhetoric by deconstructing its cliché yet widely spread mechanical apparatus, from lie detectors to surveillance cameras, and investigate some of its psychological methods, such as brainwashing and the use of subliminal messages. They present an industrious tension of skepticism and cognitive desire to mimic and channel the numerous forms of language manipulations that we endure from political and corporate powers daily. The works, via video, sound installation and printed text, capture the successes and shortcomings of linguistics and its means of interpretation. They Told You So — Jon Thomson and Alison Craighead, John Menick, Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay, Roee Rosen, and Brina Thurston :: July 16 - August 14, 2009 :: Opening Reception: July 16, 6:00 - 8:30 pm :: bitforms gallery nyc, 529 West 20th Street, New York City. -- Olga http://www.ungravitational.net http://virtualfirefly.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
