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When Kennedy Died: Breaking the News (en)

When Kennedy Died: Breaking the News (en)

re:publica 17 - All Sessions vor 9 Jahren

On November 22nd, John F. Kennedy's day of death, people almost collectively remember where they were when they heard about his assassination. Today, we are constantly reminded of atrocities happening all over the world: push notifications are front and c

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Khesrau Behroz Thus far, I have created around 100 square-shaped
collages. They show on the left side a screenshot of the push
notification, and on the right side a picture of the place I was in
when I heard about the news: on the street, in the restroom, in
bed, sometimes even playing a game on the very phone on which I
received the message. Walking these same places again in my
everyday life, I see myself remembering the drone strikes. It's a
vague memory: I don't know the victims, I don't know their names, I
don't know where exactly it happened. But what I do know is this:
walking this soil that is unburdened by those drone strikes, I
pulled into my world a distant reality that feels much closer once
I interacted with it. In this talk, I'd like to speak, in detail,
about this piece I started over two years ago. I want to discuss
unmanned drone strikes, their quite literal impact and what draws
me personally to this topic. I will also get into the follow-up
project that I felt was necessary to do. There will be a
Q&A after the talk.