Direct
Democracy
explores the changing nature of our engagement with the democratic
tradition and looks to the emergence of new democratic models. The
exhibition reflects contemporary social movements, unrest and the
desire for change; modelling key social dynamics and possible
futures. In Direct
Democracy
destruction and resistance are connected with the need to collaborate
and rebuild. Recent political shifts such as the Arab Spring, the
global financial crisis and movements such as Occupy are considered
in relation to earlier struggles for autonomy and self-definition, as
well as the interplay of constructive and corrosive dynamics in
leadership and governance. The exhibition examines the shifting forms
of political agency, in both emerging and foundational democracies.
Direct
Democracy
continues MUMA’s ongoing series of thematic and discursive
exhibitions, such as Networks
(Cells & Silos)
and Liquid
Archive.
Curated by MUMA’s Senior Curator Geraldine Barlow, Direct
Democracy
features the work of a number of international artists together with
artists and artist collectives from Australia.
Milica Tomić, One Day, instead of one night, a burst of machine-gun fire will flash, if light cannot come otherwise (Oscar Davico, fragment from a poem). Dedicated to the members of the Anarcho-Syndicalist Initiative – Belgrade, 3 September 2009. Photo by Srdjan Veljovic.
Artists:
Laylah Ali, Hany Armanious, Natalie Bookchin, A Centre for
Everything, DAMP, Destiny Deacon, Alicia Frankovich, Will French,
Alex Martinis Roe, Andrew McQualter, John Miller, Alex Monteith,
Raquel Ormella, Mike Parr, Simon Perry, Carl Scrase, Milica Tomic,
Kostis Velonis, Jemima Wyman.
Curator: Geraldine Barlow
Monash
University Museum of Art, Melbourne, Australia
26
April - 6 July 2013
| MUMA
