LetoΕ‘njo mednarodno Poletno Ε‘olo, ki jo skupaj organiziramo Moderna galerija (Ljubljana), Muzej afriΕ‘ke umetnosti (Beograd) in Muzej sodobne umetnosti Δrne gore (Podgorica), bo odprlo javno predavanje palestinske kustosinje in pisateljice πππ§π ππ§ππ§π’.
V predavanju z naslovom πΊππ§π π πππ§π π§πππππ Anani preuΔuje, kako ni veΔ meja med oroΕΎarsko in zabavno industrijo. Pri tem se opira na serijo filmov Haruna Farockija πΈπ¦π/πππβπππ (πππ/π π‘πππ) in na delo Mahmouda Al Haja πΆπππ‘πππ π΄πππ‘πππ¦ (π΄πππ‘πππππ ππππ§πππ) ter na njune srhljive odmeve v genocidu v Gazi.
Farocki prikazuje, kako razne vojske od zalivske vojne (1991) za usposabljanje vojakov uporabljajo estetiko videoiger in virtualne resniΔnosti, tako da je nasilje abstrahirano v Δiste, oddaljene simulacije. Al Haj je v delih napovedal, kako bo ta abstrakcija postala grozljiva resniΔnost; danes so ΔloveΕ‘ka ΕΎivljenja v Gazi zreducirana na podatkovne toΔke, toplotne slike in zemljevide nadzornih kamer.
Predavanje predstavi tezo, da oroΕΎarska industrija vse bolj Δrpa iz spekulativne domiΕ‘ljije videoiger in znanstvenofantastiΔnih produkcij, ne le za vojaΕ‘ka orodja, ampak za celotne vizije vojskovanja. Tehnologije, ki so bile nekoΔ omejene na zaslone in fikcijo, zdaj oblikujejo resniΔne ubijalske stroje, kot so govoreΔi droni in igrificirani sistemi za ciljanje.
Predavanje v prepletu umetnostne kritike, popularnih distopij in resniΔnega ΕΎivljenja v Gazi zastavlja vpraΕ‘anja: KakΕ‘no prihodnost ustvarjamo z zamiΕ‘ljanjem? Je postala znanstvena fantastika naΔrt za razvoj ubijalskih strojev? In kako bi lahko ponovno uvedli etiΔno odgovornost v dobi mehaniziranih zloΔinov proti ΔloveΕ‘tvu, posredovanih na zaslonih?
Predavanju bo π¨π ππ:ππ sledil filmski program z naslovom ππ π£πππ πππ§ππππππ πππππππππ: πππππππ π π£ππ‘ππ£π, ki je del serije filmski projekcij π°π πΜπππππ ππππππ π
ππΜπππ.
VeΔ o filmskem programu βΆοΈ
https://www.mg-lj.si/si/dogodki/4208/cikel-zivi-utrip-dezele/
πΈMahmoud Alhaj, serija Peta dimenzija (2020), digitalna fotografija
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This year's international Summer School, jointly organized by Moderna galerija (Ljubljana), the Museum of African Art (Belgrade), and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Montenegro (Podgorica), will be opened by a public lecture by the Palestinian curator and author πππ§π ππ§ππ§π’.
This talk examines the collapse of boundaries between the arms and entertainment industries, drawing on Harun Farockiβs πΈπ¦π/πππβπππ film series, and Mahmoud Al Hajβs πΆπππ‘πππ π΄πππ‘πππ¦ body of work, and their disturbing echoes in the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Farocki traced how, since the Gulf War (1991), militaries have adopted the aesthetics of video games and virtual reality to train soldiers, abstracting violence into clean, distant simulations. Al Hajβs works predicted how this abstraction has become a horrifying reality today, as human lives in Gaza are reduced to data points, thermal images, and surveillances maps.
The lecture argues that the arms industry increasingly draws from the speculative imagination of video games, but also sci-fi media productions, borrowing not just military tools but entire visions of warfare. Technologies, once confined to screens and fiction, now shape real-world killing machines such as talking drones and gamified targeting systems.
By weaving together artistic critique, popular dystopias, and lived realities in Gaza, this talk asks: What kind of future are we imagining into being? Has science fiction become a blueprint to serve developing these killing machines? And how might we reclaim ethical accountability in an age of mechanized, screen-mediated crimes against humanity?
ππ ππ:ππ the lecture will be followed by a film programme titled πππ ππππ πΈππππππππ : π
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'π π³πππππ π·ππππ ππππππ.
More about the film programme βΆοΈ
https://www.mg-lj.si/en/events/4208/series-the-living-pulse-of-the-country/
πΈ Mahmoud Alhaj, Fifth Dimension series (2020), Digital Photography
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