(Text: English only) Monday, January 26th 2009, the german artist Hermann Josef Hack arranged 200 small tents on the square in front of the Brandenburger Tor to build a miniature version of a refugee camp, the world climate refugee camp. Hack’s art refers to current political issues, for him there is no distinction between art and politics. Furthermore he wants to get in direct contact with the public audience instead of presenting his work in institutional art spaces like museums. That’s why he presents his work in public spaces and likes to watch the reaction of the pedestrians, “the very ones who caused the changes that made people refugees in the first place”.
Increasing social inequality, aggravation of living standards, short-sighted environmental policy and the violation of human rights are all facts pointing to the increasing extremes of the conditions
Attending the Salon through via video link, Arthur elaborates on the concept of 'environmental racism' as part of the session hosted by Re_Articulacija.
Concluding discussion from Re_Articulacija around social inequality and environmental policy as part of transmediale.09's first Digital Greenhouse session.
