JOHNSON, Esther
(2021).
Liberation radio.
[Show/Exhibition]
Creators: | JOHNSON, Esther |
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Abstract: | Liberation Radio 2021 // 13’40’’ // an installation work by artist and filmmaker Esther Johnson, sound artist Nhung Nguyễn, and historian Matthew Sweet In 1968, a group of American military deserters went to the North Vietnamese mission in Stockholm with one object in mind – to join the army they had been drafted to fight. Instead, they were recruited for the propaganda war – and use magnetic tape, pop music and political rhetoric to persuade other American servicemen to desert. Their recordings were transported from Sweden to Vietnam by diplomatic bag, and broadcast from transmitters on the rooftops of Hanoi, and revolutionary bases in the countryside. With contributions from some of the surviving American deserters, Swedish anti-war activists and Vietnamese journalists of the period, the voice of Liberation Radio speaks again. |
Contributors: | Johnson, Esther [0000-0001-8884-4192] |
Item Type: | Show/Exhibition |
Additional Information: | A short documentation film of the gallery installation in Hanoi can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu7nlQktVE0 And here is an edit of the 2.5 hour online event we did earlier this year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2RRIDsImDU An interview with HistFest about the project can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrnM2-uL9DA |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Art and Design Research Centre |
Date: | 13 June 2021 |
Event Location: | Ngõ Hàng Bún, Ba Đình, Hà Nội, Vietnam |
ID Code: | 29662 |
Deposited By: | Symplectic Elements |
Deposited On: | 10 Feb 2022 15:53 |
Last Modified: | 03 May 2023 02:01 |
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