RE-EMPHASIS

Poster Installation
12 - 29 September 2013

Discoloured patches of grass in Sigmund-Freud-Park, were the only visible traces left after the eviction of a powerful and self-organized protest camp, established by refugees and their supporters at the end of November 2012 after their march from the asylum centre in Traiskirchen to the city centre of Vienna. In its manifestation, the Refugee Protest Camp became a social public space for the sharing of information and knowledge. There, social relationships and categories were re-negotiated self-determinedly and with a fighting spirit by refugees who had before been excluded manifold from political and social processes.

Reflecting upon the foundations of its previous site, and the nearby EU Monument, a tree circle and granite table that represent member states of the EU, Re-Emphasis intends to create a cultural platform to mediate with the public, promoting further discourse and visibility, while questioning the notions of equality and democracy.

An exhibition of posters will be presented within a public installation. It shall remember the occupation of the park in the form of a new symbolic occupation. Its aim is to reach public visibility and awareness for the situation of refugees and the claims of international refugee movements. During the period of WIENWOCHE (September, 12^th to 29^th), a mediation program will be held by refugee-activists, of the movement in Vienna, in relation to the installation and its surrounding spaces.

Let’s show to the public
what we are fighting for!
We shall rise!

Antira Plakate

Getting the voice out

http://www.gettingthevoiceout.org/

Our weapons

http://www.blog.ryanhay.es/our-own-weapons/

Geen Mens is Illegaal

http://colapunk.tumblr.com/post/52543193736/i-want-to-do-some-more-lettering

No one is illegal

Leider vor der Wahl

Amidst the deportation of 8 refugee activists in the end of july 2013, the austrian authorities speak of an ongoing investigation for 'human trafficking' which is then portrayed by the right wing media as a profitable business of thousands of euros. The Gebrüder Moped address the absurdity of these charges:
> Tips & Tricks for Millionaire Trafficker / 1. Look for publicity! Take part in demonstrations, Hunger strikes and occupations! / 2. Live according to your assets! Be rich. Let yourself have a good time. Sleep at best in cold church floors or in a monastery. / 3. No false modesty! In case of legal persecution, trust the strategies of your pairs Strasser, Berlusconi, Scheuch & Co: confront justice face to face!

http://gebruedermoped.com/

Refugee's Revolution Demo

"Stop deportation! Abolish Residenzpflicht! Close all Refugee Lager! German institutions force refugees to live in Lager, where we are being isolated from access to social, health and infrastructural services and have faced Neonazi attacks. Lagers are often located in the middle of nowhere. No one sees us, we cannot see anyone. No one hears us, we cannot hear anyone. No one talks to us, we cannot talk to anyone! We are invisible. The German authorities intentionally isolate us from society!."

http://refugeesrevolution.blogsport.de/

Ich mochte hier bleiben

Unerwünscht. Menschen aus Krisenregionen suchen Ort Zuflucht in Ländern wie Österreich doch dort wo sie auftauchen werden sie musst nicht geduldet! und einfach wieder entfernt. Wie dieses Poster.

http://refugeecampvienna.noblogs.org/