Vox Populi
Happening Vox Populi critically deconstructs freedom of speech and its role as the axiom of democracy. It questions the traditional concept of freedom of speech and the common forms of its perception. Inspired by Speaker’s Corners of London parks, the happening takes place in public spaces. I place a stage powered by PA, and invite the audience to publicly express their opinions. However, the PA returns only unintelligible noise, information lost in the medium, which results in a neurotic psychological environment and censorship caused by the loss of meaning. This critique democracy is aimed at new internet forms of communication, where everyone can say what they want, but only a chosen few can actually reach an audience. Through various levels of inclusion the audience actively shapes the happening, thus creating large differences between happenings performed in different locations.
Photo documentation, Vox Populi II, happening-interactive sound installation / cca. 1 hour
Exhibited: A space is the form of thinking (with Zoran Pavelić, Nemanja Cvijanović), Croatian Art Society, Barrel Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia, 2011
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Video documentation, Vox Populi I, happening-interactive sound installation, cca 2 hours, Zg-paviljon 09 Njirić+arhitekti, Zagreb, Hrvatska, 2009
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Technical info: happening-interactive sound installation / duration variable
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The work has been performed in 3 different locations:
Vox Populi I, 2009 Voxpopuli, zg-paviljon 09 Njirić+arhitekti, Zagreb, Croatia, 2 h, Vox Populi II, 2011 A space is the form of thinking, Croatian Art Society, Barrel Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia, 1 h, Vox Populi III, 2011 No Name, Multimedia culture center, Split, Croatia, 2 h,
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The work is documented in two videos:
Vox Populi I (Zg-Paviljon 09, Zagreb), Technical info: 07”40’, loop, Exhibited: 2011 37. Split salon, HULU Split, Croatia, 2012, Nakon Medike Medika, AKC
Medika, Zagreb, Croatia, 2011, ESSL Award-finale, Museum Of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
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Vox Populi III (MKC, Split), Technical info: 20”26’, loop, Exhibited: 2011 37. Split salon, HULU Split, Croatia