The Good, The Bad, and The Desirable: The Myth of Truth and the Auxiliary of Perspective

(From left to right) Boon Hui Tan, Marat Raiymkulov, Simon Fujiwara, Taus Makhacheva, Xiaoyu Weng and Leeza Ahmady.

This discussion contemplated the section of FIELD MEETING entitled “The Good, The Bad, and The Desirable: The Myth of Truth and the Auxiliary of Perspective.” In his lecture performance artist Simon Fujiwara launched an intricate and provocative investigation of ideologies that underpinned the hyper-capitalist logic of the 21st century through his latest project, which replicated the Anne Frank House inside of a gallery in Israel. Marat Raiymkulov’s innovative monologue voiced his father’s philosophical undertakings after the collapse Soviet era, when he decided to make a revolution within his own household by growing a Bonsai garden. Taus Makhacheva tantalizing performance ruminated on many objects of desire to explore complex relationships between history, politics of memory, and contemporary life.

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FIELD MEETING Take 5: Thinking Project, November 15th at SVA Theatre.