political-violence voting booth

political-violence voting booth / Simon Staffa - Photo: Juliane Spejra

Installations—Flood the Zone with Courage

Exhibit

political-violence voting booth

Simon Staffa (AT)

Violence stands as an antithesis of our understanding of democracy. Not only does it deprive people of their voice to participate in decisions about their lives, but it also threatens their very existence. Yet violence and its use by state institutions or private individuals are inherent in our society as a means of enforcing political ideologies.
This raises the question: Can one support or condemn violence within a YES or NO poll? The political-violence voting booth poses this question to visitors by asking ten questions about historical acts of violence. After casting their vote, the general attitude of the other visitors is displayed in a chart, allowing them to see how other visitors voted in this nuance-free poll.

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  • Photo: Wolfgang Sünder

    Simon Staffa

    Simon Staffa is a graphic designer who recently completed his education in the master’s class at die Graphische in Vienna. During his time at the school, he developed the project Gewahltkabine, which was first shown as part of the exhibition Betrifft mich nicht at the designforum Wien.

Credits

This project was created as part of the exhibition Betrifft mich nicht. This exhibition with the topical topic of democracy (Vienna is the European Capital of Democracy 2025) was shown at the designforum Wien, and many thanks go to all those who made this happen. Further thanks go to all those of who supported me in successfully developing this project during my studies at die Graphische, a vocational higher education school dedicated to visual communication and media technology. Special thanks to Robert Schwieger, who helped with the “voting program,” as well as project leaders and teachers Harald Begusch and Elsa Kubik, and the in-house carpenters. I would also like to thank Juliane Spejra for providing me with pictures of my project during the opening evening of the exhibition Betrifft mich nicht.