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Art biennales, anti-capitalist manifestos within capitalism

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Contemporary art biennales (Venice, etc.) publish totally anti-capitalist programmes while functioning perfectly within the capitalist commercial art system, paradigmatic of cynical ideology.

2013: 1 talk 2023: 2 talks
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“if you read their programs, they are totally anti-capitalist... but as such, they worked, function perfectly within the capitalist system”
57:39 UNHOLY ALLIANCES TODAY2023-03-17 · 2:07:14
“precisely as such, this art biennales fit perfectly modern capitalism”
“it all appears so open, anti-racist and so on, but it's so perfectly integrated into world market.”

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57:39 UNHOLY ALLIANCES TODAY2023-03-17 · 2:07:14
Contemporary art biennales (Venice, etc.) publish totally anti-capitalist programmes while functioning perfectly within the capitalist commercial art system, paradigmatic of cynical ideology., illustrating cynical ideology,art and capitalism
Venice and Kassel art biennales declare anti-capitalist, anti-colonial themes but fit perfectly into modern capitalism, stating the truth while rendering it ineffective., illustrating cynical reason,truth and social efficacy
Contemporary art biennales proclaim themselves critically revolutionary and even admit to being co-opted by capital, yet this meta-awareness changes nothing, they remain perfectly integrated into the world market., illustrating pseudo-activity,ideology as lived practice,art and capitalism