[spectre] public_opinion_elections_and_mind_control

[Nils Claesson]

Hi!
In sweden it is election times.
Wellcome to a project created by a:t (association for temporary art)
The venue is Kulturhuset in Stockholm.(http.//publicopinion.nu)
An exhibition on control of our minds.
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Control of our minds becomes ever more repressive.
Government organs, business corporations, politicians and interest groups all
seek to control public opinion via the media. Public opinion is the title of
this exhibition in which we try to describe how public discussion is formed.
The various works included treat such questions as the extent to which the
media fulfill their task as transparent sources of information and opinion and
the space given to the individual in forming her or his own opinion.

For more information contact info@publicopinion.nu.
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participants:

WochenKlausur
The Austrian group of artists known as WochenKlausur has been working with
social interventions since 1993. They work with different types of social
changes in which art functions as a platform. Projects are often started on the
initiative of art institutions that invite the group to participate. The group
then studies the actual site and comes with a proposal for a larger or smaller
change of the social and political situation as well as a plan for carrying it
out.
In Stockholm the designer Liv Fjellander and the artist Erik Rosshagen
participate in WochenKlausur’s activities.
Read more about WochenKlausur at wochenklausur.t0.or.at
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Måns Wrange and Igor Isaksson
Together with Igor Isaksson and a network of other people, Måns Wrange has
created the average citizen. Måns Wrange collaborated with [a:t] on a web-based
exhibition in 1996. with Konrad Tollmar he created The Archive of Deleted Files
which was a project dealing with the fear of supervision and virus penetration
on the Internet. As professor of sculpture at Konstfack in Stockholm he has had
a great impact on the Swedish art scene. His works are characterized by a very
special imagination and humour combined with great seriousness.
Visit the Average Citizens own homepage at www.averagecitizen.org
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Association for Temporary Art [a:t]
Responsible for organizing the exhibition is Karin Hansson, one of the founders
of the Association for Temporary Art [a:t]. Since 1995 she has worked as an
artist, a lecturer at the theatre school in Stockholm as well as at art
institutions such as Konstfack, Konsthögskolan, Valand, etc.
Karin has produced Public Opinion together with Åsa Andersson. Åsa Andersson is
also one of the founders of [a:t] - Association for Temporary Art. She is an
artist, curator and designer.
Read more about [a:t] på www.art.a.se
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Junction
Junction is a forum for the discussion of society, public access, art and
architecture in the province of Östergötland. The aim is to provide a platform
for informal meetings and boundary-crossing collaboration between artists,
people working for the municipality, people in business, local politicians,
political activists and the general public. Junction is currently run by four
artists: Lars Almroth, Maija Suomalainen, Maria Lantz och Karin Willén.
For further information mail to info@hpl.nu.
Läs mer om Hållplats på www.hpl.nu
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Nils Claesson and Rolf Lindgren
Nils Claesson is a artist, curator and film-maker. He lives and works in
Stockholm and is on the board of CRAC. It is important to Nils that his art
should have entertainment value. He has produced ”Ingmar” in collaboration with
programmer Rolf Lindgren.
the phone Ingmar dial +46 8 560 51 234
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SOC. Stockholm
SOC.STockholm is an association of seven artists: Jon Brunberg, Annika Drougge,
Anna-Lena Lundmark, Johan Malmström, Tobias Sjödin, Pernilla Carlsson-Sjödin
and Karin Willén.
Since starting in September 1999, SOC.Stockholm has produced a succession of
events at its premises on Bondegatan 64 on Stockholm’s southern island.
SOC.Stockholm is a venue for artistic and social experimentation, a forum for
discussions of art and social questions as well as a gallery. The group often
collaborates on joint projects, most recently with their Utopia World
Championship 2001.
More information about SOC på www.soc.nu
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Stockholms Övervakningskamerateater
SÖT, Stockholms Övervakningskamera Teater is a politically and religiously
independent action group that collaborates freely with some twenty other groups
throughout the world to recover public space. By means of actions in front of
CTCs they seek to raise questions about democracy and freedom of speech as well
as problematizing all aspects of the control society.
For further information see sot.smufsa.nu
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Kalliope
Gabriel Widing och Andreas Nordwall from the group of artists known as Kalliope
participate with a performance called ”Mellanpartiet” (Median party) in which
all the parliamentary parties melt into a common median policy that they can
all subscribe to. Kalliope works with dramatizing reality or with constructing
their own, temporary realities in which you can participate yourself.
For further information see www.interactingarts.org.





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