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US ARMY TORTURE DEVICES Installation researching the relation between torturing techniques as deployed in detention center Guantanamo Bay, and elements from western clubbing culture. The installation comprised a stroboscope, a constant loop of Christina Aguilera music, two binders on lecterns, one containing images of pin-up models, one containing images of victims from the attack on the Twin Tower on September 11, 2001. Also, a free publication was available containing over fifty pages with excerpts from the interrogation of Mohamed al-Kahtani, who was held captive in Guantanamo Bay in connection to the 9/11 attacks. The elements in the installation corresponded to the pop and clubbing culture products employed during the interrogation so as to torture al-Kahtani, like the music from Aguilera, the stroboscope, and the pictures of pin-up models. Thus, the exhibition, which was only open on Friday and Saturday night from 10 pm to 1 am, addressed the ideological tensions underlying apparently neutral western consumption products. Concept and production in cooperation with Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei This project was made possible with support of Gallery Masters, Amsterdam (NL); the Amsterdam Foundation for the Arts, Amsterdam (NL) |