de_valuationsmaschinerie

Startingpoint for this perennial project was Iris Julian’s performance inside a sculpture by Atelier Van Lieshout (Museum of Modern Art, MUMOK, Vienna): a huge digestion channel which was interpreted as body of neoliberal fun society. A researchproject(1) formed the basis: it turned out that de/valuations can be read as economic strategy: people are stigmatized and at the same time incorporated and exploited as low wage payees. At TANZQUARTIER WIEN the piece consisted of two parts: a video-installation and a live-lecture: here some of the videos of the installation were put togeter to form a trailer.

(1) based on interviews and following literature:

Beigewum/Attac: "Mythen der Krise", Hamburg: VSA Verlag, 2010; Dieter, Behr: "Was hat Gemüse mit Migration zu tun?", Master Thesis at University of Vienna, 2004; Ernesto, Laclau; Chantal, Mouffe: "Hegemonie und radikale Demokratie", Vienna: Passagen Verlag, 2000