"What needs to be known is the role that outsiders have played in instigating and exacerbating Congo’s endless wars."

"Reflections on Guantánamo, this year’s Berlin Biennale controversy, and the artworld’s tendency for shallow political consciousness"

>"In the shelled-out cities of Ukraine and beyond, artists continue to create in the face of devastating conflict. Here, artists from across the globe explain why they’re willing to risk their lives to salvage meaning from the rubble"

"The 20-year conflict was a boon to the military-industrial complex, at the cost of untold lives."

“Respond esthetically to all sounds, from the hum of the refrigerator motor or the paddling of oars on a lake, to the tones of a cello or muted trumpet.”

>"Miķelis Fišers, In-finity, 2020. Commissioned by the 2nd Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art, RIBOCA2. Courtesy: the artist and Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art. Photo: Hedi Jaansoo / Andrejs Strokins   _...Read More_

[https://thedisorderofthings.com/2020/04/10/are-we-at-war-the-rhetoric-of-war-in-the-coronavirus-pandemic/](https://thedisorderofthings.com/2020/04/10/are-we-at-war-the-rhetoric-of-war-in-the-coronavirus-pandemic/) ‘The language of war conceals that the economic model on which we run hospitals and health care is deficient, if not sick. It implies _...Read More_

...when the bricks crumble the building eventually falls. And at least lower the price from 25$ entry for an exhibition without artworks to actually make it accessible. Very curious how this will play out, appreciative of the activism.