Friday, April 09, 2004
Axis to grind: Inside North Korea
The website axistogrind.com chronicles the project of Canadian artist Irwin Oostindie about North Korea. Oostindie presents photographs, film and digital artwork revealing how North America's misrepresentation of North Korea stands as an obstacle to peace and reunification for the Korean peninsula.
I couldn't agree more when the artist explains: "I believe Axis to Grind is a necessary project for 2004 given the heightened vilification of the DPRK by the US. The "crazed dictator" and "evil gulag" labels are successfully being used to justify the nucleur weaponization of space (missile defence shield), the sale of more US weapons to the region, maintaining US military hegemony in Asia Pacific, and the war on terror."
A beautiful multimedia flash presentation by Oostindie is on the website of CBC, Canada's public broadcaster.
I couldn't agree more when the artist explains: "I believe Axis to Grind is a necessary project for 2004 given the heightened vilification of the DPRK by the US. The "crazed dictator" and "evil gulag" labels are successfully being used to justify the nucleur weaponization of space (missile defence shield), the sale of more US weapons to the region, maintaining US military hegemony in Asia Pacific, and the war on terror."
A beautiful multimedia flash presentation by Oostindie is on the website of CBC, Canada's public broadcaster.
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