We (all) are the people by Hans Haake, 2017
Scope and Contents
The Qalandiya International 2018 posters consist of three posters relating to Palestinian art and artists.
Dates
- Creation: 2017
Creator
- From the Collection: Qalandiya International (Organizer of meeting, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 3 Sheets (3 posters)
Language of Materials
English
General
Colored poster bordered with a rainbow spectrum with the words "We (all) are the people" in Albanian, Arabic, Berber, English, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Kurdish, Polish, Turkish and Russian. As described by John Tyson, "(t)he slogan is an amended version of the rallying cry 'Wir sind das Volk' (We are the people) used in the 1989–90 protests that help bring down the East German state, but that same slogan has been adopted more recently by the right wing, anti-immigrant PEGIDA movement. The word 'Volk' itself bears uncomfortable associations with Nazism and a belief in ethnic superiority. Once again, he seems to draw lessons from Brecht’s 'Writing the Truth,' which addresses the question of people versus population. Haacke conjures these historical meanings and also proposes new inflections of 'Volk.'" Tyson, John, "Hans Haacke’s Proofs of Commitment," Art in Print, vol. 7, no. 3. https://artinprint.org/article/hans-haackes-proofs-of-commitment/
Repository Details
Part of the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections Repository