Bedtime for Democracy

KAG

Finished

Artists

Leticia Agudo, Nuotama Bodomo, Lizzie Borden, Bread & Puppet Theater, Wendy Brown, Naomi Klein, Toshio Matsumoto, Martha Rosler, Winston Smith, Heiny Srour

On their album “Bedtime for Democracy”, the American punk rock band The Dead Kennedys sang of the unsung complicity of democracy and capitalism.　The title of the album given to this exhibition comes from the 1951 comedy film starring Ronald Reagan “Bedtime for Bonzo” and is an indictment of Reaganomics, neoliberalism, war, information overload, the entertainment industry (leisure and consumption), and machoism and its sham rebellion. At the same time, it suggests a concern for those at the margin, for refugees and queer people.

With these perspectives, the project will present an exhibition by ten artists, activists and philosophers. The works suggest a breakdown in the political mythology of democracy, illuminating the marginalized whose voices are drowned out by the current questioning of the decision-making process in democracy. Also, from a geopolitical perspective, the project takes up works that illuminate the dispersion and sharing of power within groups, starting from popular disobedience, and explores how we can regain the sovereignty that has been taken away from democracy by principles of neoliberalism. The exhibition will also look at how democracy can be transformed into a politics of resistance.

Schedule

Jun 26 (Sun) 2022-Aug 28 (Sun) 2022