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#BARBARIC_VOYEURISM JAIME LAURIANO. JUSTIÇA E BARBÁRIE, 2017, 2'30"
Texts and images of people, mostly black men, tied to public poles populate the headlines of major Brazilian newspapers. In their digital versions, such news gains repercussion in the comments left by the readers who, excited by such events, elevate the "vigilantes" to national heroes. In Justice and Barbarism are presented images of lynchings that occurred in Brazil. Along with the images, dialogues taken from comments from readers of the largest Brazilian digital newspapers are added. In common, images and commentaries naturalize the violence perpetrated by civil society, transforming murderers into vigilantes. Such practice actualizes, in a perverse way, the Brazilian colonial and dictatorial past.
Jaime Lauriano (b.1985) is a Brazilian artist whose works synthesize the content of his researches and formalization strategies, calling us to examine the structures of power involved in the production of history.
Texts and images of people, mostly black men, tied to public poles populate the headlines of major Brazilian newspapers. In their digital versions, such news gains repercussion in the comments left by the readers who, excited by such events, elevate the "vigilantes" to national heroes. In Justice and Barbarism are presented images of lynchings that occurred in Brazil. Along with the images, dialogues taken from comments from readers of the largest Brazilian digital newspapers are added. In common, images and commentaries naturalize the violence perpetrated by civil society, transforming murderers into vigilantes. Such practice actualizes, in a perverse way, the Brazilian colonial and dictatorial past.
Jaime Lauriano (b.1985) is a Brazilian artist whose works synthesize the content of his researches and formalization strategies, calling us to examine the structures of power involved in the production of history.
#MESSAGE_FROM_THE_CURATORS
TODAY MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE WE LAUNCHED COVIDEO19.
THIS TIME LAST YEAR, HEALTH SECURITY MEASURES STARTED TO BE IMPLEMENTED: CONFINEMENT, SOCIAL DISTANCING, SHUTTING DOWN PLACES OF GATHERING AND PROHIBITING AGGLOMERATIONS OF PEOPLE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPACES... LITTLE WAS KNOWN ABOUT THE VIRUS, ITS MUTATIONS AND THE VACCINE.
TODAY, NOTHING SEEMS TO HAVE CHANGED, BUT SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED.
IN BRAZIL FOR EXAMPLE, THE DENIALIST AND TOTALITARIAN GOVERNMENT FAILED TO TAKE PREVENTIVE MEASURES AS THE GREAT PANDEMIC WAVE ADVANCED TOWARDS THE TERRITORY. THAT SAME INCOMPETENCE VIOLENTLY IMPACTED THE ECONOMY, AND SOME SOCIAL GROUPS FOUND THEMSELVES HAVING TO MAKE THE CHOICE BETWEEN PUTTING THEIR LIVES AT RISK OR STARVING TO DEATH.
WE HAVE WITNESSED THE FIRES IN PANTANAL AND THE ADVANCE OF DEFORESTATION IN THE AMAZON, THE GROWTH OF GOLD MINES AND THE CONSTANT THREAT TO THE SURVIVAL OF MANY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, RIVERSIDE COMMUNITIES, PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES. THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS COLLAPSING IN THE FACE OF THE RAVAGING SPREAD OF THE VIRUS. THE NUMBER OF CASES IS THE HIGHEST IT HAS EVER BEEN SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN.
IN LEBANON, THE PANDEMIC WAS ONE OF A PLETHORA OF CRISES WHICH MANIFESTED IN THE TOTAL COLLAPSE OF THE LOCAL CURRENCY. THE SYSTEMIC CORRUPTION CONTINUES TO HAVE DEADLY CONSEQUENCES. THE BEIRUT PORT EXPLOSION ON AUGUST 4, WHICH KILLED 200 PEOPLE AND LEFT THOUSANDS INJURED AND HOMELESS, WAS THE BIGGEST. EXACTLY SIX MONTHS LATER, LOKMAN SLIM, THE LEBANESE FILMMAKER, ACTIVIST AND WRITER AS WELL AS A DEAR COLLEAGUE OF OURS, WAS FOUND ASSASSINATED IN HIS CAR WHILE THE COUNTRY WAS IN LOCKDOWN. HE INCARNATED THE VOICE OF RESISTANCE AND LED MANY BATTLES AGAINST IMPUNITY AND OBSCURANTISM. LEBANON TODAY IS IN FREE-FALL WITH 50% OF THE POPULATION LIVING UNDER THE POVERTY LINE.
MARCH 21ST, 2021.
IN RESPECT AND SOLIDARITY WITH THE MORE THAN 290,000 LIVES LOST IN BRAZIL AND 2,708,503 AROUND THE WORLD, THE MANY DISPLACED AND MADE HOMELESS, FROM NEW YORK, TO BEIRUT, TO NEW DHELI, WE WISH THAT OUR ANNIVERSARY AND OUR DAILY POSTINGS OF THE EXISTING ARCHIVE (WITH PERHAPS SOME NEW ENTRIES, LET US SURPRISE YOU!) CONTRIBUTE TO CELEBRATING ART AND LIFE WHILE SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE COMPLEXITIES OF THIS MOMENT AND THE DEEP SENSE OF WEARINESS AND SUFFERINGS OF MANY.
WE BELIEVE THAT ART CANNOT BE SEPARATED FROM LIFE. AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE DISTANT, ESPECIALLY NOW. THROUGH COVIDEO19 WE HOPE TO CONNECT WITH YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SCREEN, SHARING THE WORKS OF 118 ARTISTS IN THE FIELD OF VIDEO ART. TO INSPIRE THE NECESSARY CHANGES, TO QUESTION THE EXISTING STRUCTURES AND TO IMAGINE POSSIBLE FUTURES.
TODAY MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE WE LAUNCHED COVIDEO19.
THIS TIME LAST YEAR, HEALTH SECURITY MEASURES STARTED TO BE IMPLEMENTED: CONFINEMENT, SOCIAL DISTANCING, SHUTTING DOWN PLACES OF GATHERING AND PROHIBITING AGGLOMERATIONS OF PEOPLE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPACES... LITTLE WAS KNOWN ABOUT THE VIRUS, ITS MUTATIONS AND THE VACCINE.
TODAY, NOTHING SEEMS TO HAVE CHANGED, BUT SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED.
IN BRAZIL FOR EXAMPLE, THE DENIALIST AND TOTALITARIAN GOVERNMENT FAILED TO TAKE PREVENTIVE MEASURES AS THE GREAT PANDEMIC WAVE ADVANCED TOWARDS THE TERRITORY. THAT SAME INCOMPETENCE VIOLENTLY IMPACTED THE ECONOMY, AND SOME SOCIAL GROUPS FOUND THEMSELVES HAVING TO MAKE THE CHOICE BETWEEN PUTTING THEIR LIVES AT RISK OR STARVING TO DEATH.
WE HAVE WITNESSED THE FIRES IN PANTANAL AND THE ADVANCE OF DEFORESTATION IN THE AMAZON, THE GROWTH OF GOLD MINES AND THE CONSTANT THREAT TO THE SURVIVAL OF MANY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, RIVERSIDE COMMUNITIES, PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES. THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS COLLAPSING IN THE FACE OF THE RAVAGING SPREAD OF THE VIRUS. THE NUMBER OF CASES IS THE HIGHEST IT HAS EVER BEEN SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN.
IN LEBANON, THE PANDEMIC WAS ONE OF A PLETHORA OF CRISES WHICH MANIFESTED IN THE TOTAL COLLAPSE OF THE LOCAL CURRENCY. THE SYSTEMIC CORRUPTION CONTINUES TO HAVE DEADLY CONSEQUENCES. THE BEIRUT PORT EXPLOSION ON AUGUST 4, WHICH KILLED 200 PEOPLE AND LEFT THOUSANDS INJURED AND HOMELESS, WAS THE BIGGEST. EXACTLY SIX MONTHS LATER, LOKMAN SLIM, THE LEBANESE FILMMAKER, ACTIVIST AND WRITER AS WELL AS A DEAR COLLEAGUE OF OURS, WAS FOUND ASSASSINATED IN HIS CAR WHILE THE COUNTRY WAS IN LOCKDOWN. HE INCARNATED THE VOICE OF RESISTANCE AND LED MANY BATTLES AGAINST IMPUNITY AND OBSCURANTISM. LEBANON TODAY IS IN FREE-FALL WITH 50% OF THE POPULATION LIVING UNDER THE POVERTY LINE.
MARCH 21ST, 2021.
IN RESPECT AND SOLIDARITY WITH THE MORE THAN 290,000 LIVES LOST IN BRAZIL AND 2,708,503 AROUND THE WORLD, THE MANY DISPLACED AND MADE HOMELESS, FROM NEW YORK, TO BEIRUT, TO NEW DHELI, WE WISH THAT OUR ANNIVERSARY AND OUR DAILY POSTINGS OF THE EXISTING ARCHIVE (WITH PERHAPS SOME NEW ENTRIES, LET US SURPRISE YOU!) CONTRIBUTE TO CELEBRATING ART AND LIFE WHILE SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE COMPLEXITIES OF THIS MOMENT AND THE DEEP SENSE OF WEARINESS AND SUFFERINGS OF MANY.
WE BELIEVE THAT ART CANNOT BE SEPARATED FROM LIFE. AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE DISTANT, ESPECIALLY NOW. THROUGH COVIDEO19 WE HOPE TO CONNECT WITH YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SCREEN, SHARING THE WORKS OF 118 ARTISTS IN THE FIELD OF VIDEO ART. TO INSPIRE THE NECESSARY CHANGES, TO QUESTION THE EXISTING STRUCTURES AND TO IMAGINE POSSIBLE FUTURES.
