DADAISME : WIR [Silhouette]
€15.00
Catalogue : Silhouette Tapes / 6
Format : Cassette, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Special Edition, Wood Box
Condition : New
Country : Germany
Released : 2018
Genre : Electronic, Ambient, Breakbeat, Experimental, Vaporwave
"Dadaisme is a project of Valerii Shevchenko, Russian musician and social theorist based in Moscow. His artistic work is informed with certain aspects of dadaist worldview - its socially provocative character which in his case in invisible, non-destructive nihilism and contingency as an artistic method. He makes music of different kinds which might be gathered under the umbrella term “experimental electronic” and addresses social and cultural problems in his art. “WIR” concerns the twofold idea. Firstly, it critiques the instrumental appropriation of this proverb by political elites and governments which use it for translation of cultural codes, social norms and values beneficial for them. From mobilization of citizens to identity control “we” might serve as an instrument of manipulation. Secondly, the idea of “WIR” is to reverse-engineer the concept of “we” and to show that the social origin of its referent is a small social group and, more specifically, certain kinds of social ties between members of that group, namely love and friendship."
Format : Cassette, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Special Edition, Wood Box
Condition : New
Country : Germany
Released : 2018
Genre : Electronic, Ambient, Breakbeat, Experimental, Vaporwave
"Dadaisme is a project of Valerii Shevchenko, Russian musician and social theorist based in Moscow. His artistic work is informed with certain aspects of dadaist worldview - its socially provocative character which in his case in invisible, non-destructive nihilism and contingency as an artistic method. He makes music of different kinds which might be gathered under the umbrella term “experimental electronic” and addresses social and cultural problems in his art. “WIR” concerns the twofold idea. Firstly, it critiques the instrumental appropriation of this proverb by political elites and governments which use it for translation of cultural codes, social norms and values beneficial for them. From mobilization of citizens to identity control “we” might serve as an instrument of manipulation. Secondly, the idea of “WIR” is to reverse-engineer the concept of “we” and to show that the social origin of its referent is a small social group and, more specifically, certain kinds of social ties between members of that group, namely love and friendship."