Hallo, here the English version https://artwashing-leipzig.de/open-letter/ <https://artwashing-leipzig.de/open-letter/>
please spread agee > On 5. May 2023, at 7.48, Andreas Broeckmann <andreas.broeckm...@leuphana.de> > wrote: > > Carsten, man hat in Leipzig diskutiert: > > > -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- > Betreff: artwashing > Datum: Fri, 5 May 2023 10:07:12 +0800 > Von: Yuhsin Su <agnesyuhsi...@gmail.com> > An: Andreas Broeckmann <abro...@hgb-leipzig.de> > > Dear Andreas, > > <snip> > > I would like to share with you the Open Letter regarding the involvement of > the surveillance company Palantir with the digital art exhibition > 'Dimensions' at Pittlerwerke Leipzig. Francis, our colleagues and I initiated > this letter. > > The letter is online in German and English here: > https://artwashing-leipzig.de/ > > There you can also sign the letter. > > <snip> > > warmly, > Yuhsin > > -- > Su Yu Hsin > > > > Am 04.05.23 um 08:36 schrieb Andreas Broeckmann: >> Dear Carsten, >> thank you for pointing this out. I'm also not aware of any "discussion" >> about this case (though I have heard that some people based in Leipzig >> explicitly did not want to go to the opening). I wonder whether some of the >> participating artists who are listed on the website (but who are probably >> not on this mailing list), would have something to say about the ethics of >> this particular sponsorship... (Who else would sponsor a digital art show >> like this? Do you think it would be better if it didn't take place at all? >> etc.) >> These moral questions are similar for everybody involved, organisers, >> curators, artists, visitors. My guess is that for some of them it is a >> matter of 'pecunia non olet' ("money does not stink"), and the opportunity >> to show artworks in a (formally, spatially) generous context. >> In the absence of a collective (what I think you disappointedly refer to as >> "this list"), decisions and actions are taken individually, especially when >> it comes to issues that affect us individually, like paying the bills, or >> getting a job, or having a name. >> Just my two cents worth... >> -a >> Am 29.04.23 um 18:06 schrieb Carsten Stabenow: >>> dear list, >>> sorry for beeing maybe too cryptic. >>> >>> but for those who might not have heard about this - there is a big media >>> art show running in leipzig at this moment - >>> https://www.dimensions-digital-art.de/ >>> 50 artists, some iconic works i was looking forward seeing again until i >>> learned, that the main sponsor of this show is PALANTIR - one of the most >>> frightening big data companies in the world. >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir_Technologies >>> >>> for me it’s kind of alarming, that nobody really seems to care that weapon >>> industry (and thats what it is) is funding art shows. did the artists know >>> beforehand? >>> there was some press (see below) but it seems there is no real discussion. >>> (at least i’m not aware of.) >>> >>> >>> Palentir sponsert Schau zur digitalen Kunst (faz 21.4.23) >>> https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/kunst-und-architektur/walter-smerling-eroeffnet-digitalschau-dimensions-18835926.html?GEPC=s30 >>> >>> Liebe Kunst, erlöse uns (zeit 21.4.23) >>> https://www.zeit.de/2023/17/ausstellung-dimensions-leipzig-palantir-sponsor >>> >>> Der Untergang der Kunst (Kreuzer 22.4.23) >>> https://kreuzer-leipzig.de/2023/04/22/der-untergang-der-kunst >>> >>> Walter Smerling plant neue Ausstellung (süddeutsche 1.3.23) >>> https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/walter-smerling-leipzig-digitalkunst-palantir-1.5760664 >>> >>> Daten als neue Munition (taz 9.3.23) >>> https://taz.de/Ukraine-nutzt-KI-von-Palantir/!5917538&s=palantir/ >>> >>> How the algorithm tipped the balance in Ukraine (washington post 19.12.22) >>> https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/19/palantir-algorithm-data-ukraine-war/ >>> >>> Palantir wirbt mit KI-Plattform zur Kriegsführung (heise 28.4.23) >>> https://www.heise.de/news/Palantir-wirbt-mit-KI-Plattform-zur-Kriegsfuehrung-8981871.html >>> >>> >>> have a nice weekend, c. > -- > rohrpost - deutschsprachige Liste zur Kultur digitaler Medien und Netze > Archiv: http://www.nettime.org/rohrpost > http://post.in-mind.de/pipermail/rohrpost/ > Ent/Subskribieren: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rohrpost/ -- rohrpost - deutschsprachige Liste zur Kultur digitaler Medien und Netze Archiv: http://www.nettime.org/rohrpost http://post.in-mind.de/pipermail/rohrpost/ Ent/Subskribieren: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rohrpost/
