From the series “Boerenooientjies hou van Pielsuig” (Boer girls like to suck dick). This is the reference to a movie called ê-lollipop about a friendship between a black boy and a white boy. In Xhosa a lollipop is obviously called ê-lollipop, kind of the punchline of the movie. Used with kind permission of the artist, Anton Kannemeyer.
On artist / Anton Kannemeyer (born 1967) is a South African comics artist, who sometimes goes by the pseudonym Joe Dog. Kannemeyer has lectured the University of Pretoria, Technikon Witwatersrand, and was also a senior lecturer at the University of Stellenbosch.
Corruption of language is the abuse of communicational, cognitive, aesthetical, magical, cultural and other language functionalities aiming to drive people into thinking, even before they say anything, whether that being right or wrong, how it should be said, and how not.
Corruption of language is an interpretation or a misinterpretation of language on different plans, varying from general to particular. The misuse of communication, cognitive, aesthetical, magical, cultural and other functions of language contribute to the inability of the individual to put the wellbeing of the community above their own interest, mainly in terms of expression through language. Some specific examples of corruption of language are: misinterpretation of Quran by the extremists of the Islam Republic or Nazis’ interpretation of Nietzsche; misinterpretation of different laws, securitization (i.e., the moment when the idea is abandoned to such an extent that the concept of security relates only to certain reference objects – such as the state – and to a certain type of security threats – such as military ones); misinterpreting satires; verbal taboos; developing and using specific stereotypes based on cultural narratives. At the same time, the technological advance has led to the proliferation of what is today known as “fake news”, which might be an appropriate example of the way in which language is used as a form of benefit. By offering not so true or not so false forms of the real truth (i.e., fake news) or by framing or reframing certain aspects of a specific issue (migrants vs. refugees; terrorists vs. freedom fighters), one might corrupt language and convert it from a communication tool into a miscommunication one.
Zack was a comic published in Belgrade daily CENTAR (2004-2006). Zack was black humor, satirical comic invented by his author Philippe Woodrow (who also was invented figure by Marko Mamuzić, screenplay and Goran Denić, drawing). Almost all of the original artworks are lost.
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Anton Kannemeyer (b.1967) is a South African comics artist, who sometimes goes by the pseudonym Joe Dog. Kannemeyer has lectured the University of Pretoria, Technikon Witwatersrand, and was also a senior lecturer at the University of Stellenbosch. The reference is to a 70s movie called...
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Uspjeh moje zajednice je i moj uspjeh, i obratno. Ako pružimo otpor svom okruženju, šanse da će se stanje popraviti su mnogo veće nego da nismo uradili ništa. Kao pripadnici tzv. globalnog prekarijata, naša budućnost je neizvjesna gdjegod se nalazili – tako da ta diplomica za koju trpite profesore debile ne garantuje savršen život ni u inostranstvu. Ali ono što garantuje bolji život na nastavi je organizovanje studenata u studentsku asocijaciju, ujedinjen bojkot podobnih predavača, generalno pravljenje havarije na Univerzitetu radi kvalitetnije nastave, te šutanje studentskih predstavnika-ulizica. Plate državnih službenika kapaju iz vaših novčanika (tj. novčanika naših roditelja, ups) i lijepo ih je povremeno na to podsjetiti. Njihov posao je da poboljšaju život zajednice, i ako to ne rade, a ne možemo da ih se riješimo, onda ne zaslužuju da posao rade u prijatnoj atmosferi. Oni nas ne štede, pa zašto bismo mi njih? Jezik je političan. U našim školama se jezik predaje na osnovu lingvistike iz 19-og stoljeća, koja propisuje jednu jedinu “ispravnu” verziju jezika, uprkos tome što je jezik živ, promjenljiv, i što u suštini ta isključivost/normativnost služi da odvoji “prave” obrazovane građane od seljaka. Jezik u institucijama služi za reproduciranje i opravdavanje trenutnog poretka. Ko određuje koja je to verzija jezika najtačnija? Ko predaje taj ispravni jezik? Kako se on zove? Šta je “dozvoljeno” reći u kulturnom društvu? Jezik kao sredstvo komunikacije omogućuje organizovanje najširih krugova društva oko istog problema, na osnovu njega se može formirati nacionalni identitet i država (takođe zastarjela ideja iz 19-og stoljeća) i ako se više ustručavamo misleći da li ćemo nešto ispravno reći nego kako se najbolje izraziti, držimo se jezičkih normi koje su uvedene u nastavni plan i program prije par godina, i ismijavamo druge zbog dijalekta, sistem je uspio, i na nas se sada mogu primiti sve druge njegove nelogičnosti. Korumpiranost na poziciji moći je izbor, kao što je izbor i otpor običnog čovjeka.
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The Sweet Memories (Help Yourself to Two) art installation is an integral part of the exhibition: it consists of an assortment of multi-colored squares of Turkish delight, with a combined weight of 50 kg, which is arranged in such a way as to simulate a...
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Dear friends and colleagues, we need your help in creating Illustrated Guide through Corruption for Beginners. Please send works until June 15th, 2020 to muzejkorupcije@gmail.com in any of the following formats: Jpg (CMYK) or BMP 300 dpi; 30cm x 40cm or 25 x 50cm Pictograms in up...
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