(‘Why Mister, Why?’ & ‘Baghdad Calling’. Kunst und Terror in Zeiten von Twitter)
Today, radical groups rely heavily on information technology, creating a virtual community of jihadis and sympathizers, and a global community of virtual witnesses to terrorism – a group of which we are nearly all members. But when and how did this phenomenon get started, and what to do with this ‘ocean of civilian-images’ for journalists and artists? This lecture examines the catastrophic consequences of the war on terror in Iraq that started 14 years ago while addressing the origins of terrorism in the age of twitter.
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