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INDEX #015: Oliver Ressler - This is What Democracy Looks Like! / Disobbedienti

Austria| Documental / Ensayo / Experimental| 2002|92 minutos
Título original: INDEX #015: Oliver Ressler - This is What Democracy Looks Like! / Disobbedienti
Dirección: Oliver Ressler
Idioma: Alemán Subtítulos: Inglés
Formato: DVD-R

Oliver Ressler was born in 1970, lives and works in Vienna. Ressler is an artist who carries out projects on various socio-political themes. Since 1994 he has been concerned with theme specific exhibitions, projects in public space and videos on issues such as racism, migration, genetic engineering, economics, forms of resistance and social alternatives. Recent solo-exhibitions and projects are Alternative Economics, Alternative Societies (Galerija Skuc, Ljubljana, 2003; Kunstraum der Universität Lüneburg, 2004), European Corrections Corporation (container-installation in Wels, Graz and Munich, 2003/2004, with Martin Krenn) and Boom! (with David Thorne, since 2001). In 2002 his video This is what democracy looks like! won the 1. prize of the International Media Art Award of the ZKM.