Flood the Zone with Courage invites artists, activists, students, and citizens to develop new forms of protest. In addition to performances and open labs, selected installation artworks are presented in the Pavilion against Indifference. The artists encourage reflection on one’s own understanding of democracy.
Politische Gewahltkabine / Simon Staffa - Photo: Juliane Spejra
Collection
Installations—Flood the Zone with Courage
Democracy Speaks
Viktoriia Chagarina (UA), Xu Wang (AT)
The installation highlights how limited language skills hinder political participation. In a living room setting with AI-translated news, visitors experience exclusion firsthand—and reflect on what it takes to make political communication more inclusive.
political-violence voting booth
Simon Staffa (AT)
Can the usage of violence be dismissed as unjustified no matter what, or is it possible to fully support it? In an interactive survey on historical acts of violence, visitors are confronted with these dilemmas.
HEROINES: Heritage of Emancipation
Institute of Ethnography SASA (RS), University of Belgrade - Faculty of Philosophy (RS), Roma women’s center BIBIJA (RS)
The starting point of transforming emancipation into heritage is in the recognizing of imposed limitations and the unbreakable will to overpass them. The exhibition draws on micro-narratives and micro-objects to tell the story of HEROINES' path to redefining rights, needs, freedom, and emancipation.
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