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Why simply reproduce the shit?

In the article, published in the Meta Mute Magazine, Fahim Amir questions why simply reproduce the shit, as in his eyes Lukas Pusch work is a mere copy of a bad reality. And this question can be easily answered, the copy is simply more worth than the original, and the well-known paradox is, that the original only exists here through the “copy” of Lukas Pusch’s work. Why?

In an contemporary art show and in mainstream media coverage, a white man in an white dress in an african slum, would usually be a doctor without borders, other white man which appear in such an context, are white soldiers that prevent the locals to fight a bloody war. Africa, doesn’t appear in another context. Even the coming event of the world soccer championship 2010 in South Africa is mediated through that certain prism of violence,crime and unstableness. Last months bombing of Somalia by the United States which was the forth since 2007, raised here in Vienna less media attention, than the tragic homicide of an Austrian ex-Soccer player who attended the draw of the qualification groups for the World Cup, and not comparable with the recent reports from South Africa.

Focusing again on Pusch’s work, where he uses an old situationist strategy, to produce bigger shame, is no point to search for an appropriation. There is simply no appropriation there, as the original is hidden, sublime and materializes only in our educated minds. But even educated minds believe, that after 40 years of independence, former colonies are self responsible for the shit going on.

Pusch in this case, only performed, what he is. An bourgeois Austrian, who simply doesn’t help. No false comrading, no fake promises, an Austrian guy, who went to Kenya to come back with an story. As Vladimir Vlidi Jeric writes, in his text, which will be published next week: no attempt to false represent any positions.

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Vladimir Vlidi Jeric’s text will be published in the frame of:

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