Positive pathways towards authoritarian neoliberalism. On the artist collective GCC, democratic ideals and the United Arab Emirates' 'Vision 21'.
Informed by postmodern concepts such as the simulacrum, simulation and appropriation as well as by the dynamics and aesthetics of the post-internet era, the artist collective GCC addresses specific vernacular issues in regards to the regional visual paradigms of politics and power in the Arab Gulf c...
| Publicado en: | Visual Studies Vol. 38; no. 5; pp. 753 - 766 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2023
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| Sumario: | Informed by postmodern concepts such as the simulacrum, simulation and appropriation as well as by the dynamics and aesthetics of the post-internet era, the artist collective GCC addresses specific vernacular issues in regards to the regional visual paradigms of politics and power in the Arab Gulf countries. Re-staging state rituals and thematising political visual campaigns GCC formulates through restrained modifications, abstractions and humour a subtle critique while bypassing censorship. How exactly is this form of critique conveyed? How does it negotiate between local and international audiences, between ideals of a critical art and the repressive reality it is produced in? Focusing on GCC's installation Positive Pathways (+) (2016) and the collective's Gestures series (2016) I will discuss these questions in relation to the 'Vision 2021' agenda that was launched by the United Arab Emirates in 2010. |
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