[rohrpost] The Feeling of Being Watched

[AGF]

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.broeckmann at leuphana.de> wrote:
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> Carsten, man hat in Leipzig diskutiert:
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> -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht --------
> Betreff: 	artwashing
> Datum: 	Fri, 5 May 2023 10:07:12 +0800
> Von: 	Yuhsin Su <agnesyuhsinsu at gmail.com>
> An: 	Andreas Broeckmann <abroeck at 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.
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