I, THE GREEN MARBLE; THE (HI) STORY OF MY WITNESS AND MEMORY
Cihad Caner


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Oct 19--:--:--

I, THE GREEN MARBLE; THE (HI) STORY OF MY WITNESS AND MEMORY
Cihad Caner

Amplifying the narratives of marginalized figures from complex, transnational histories, Cihad Caner's "I, The Green Marble; The (Hi) story Of My Witness and Memory" is a research-driven challenge to dominant worldviews, revealing the hypocrisy and shifting roles in global politics. A CGI-animated version of the iconic green serpentinite slab behind the podium at the UN General Assembly calmly and didactically admonishes his audience in a deep Italian-accented voice. Embodying over seventy years of silent observation, and having watched countless world leaders and revolutionaries, this sad stone character sees all these events blur into a collective memory that refuses to be forgotten.

An imaginative critique of the ongoing drama through the notion of a deep, pervasive psychological and emotional impact of colonialism and systemic oppression on colonized or oppressed peoples. Structural violence becomes palpable in moments of silence through slab’s micro-expressions of a deep, unresolved tension over the unending cycle of forgetting and tyranny.

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CAST-OFF
Alice Z Jones × Dis Fig

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HEAVEN’S BLADE
33

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WE ARE HERE BECAUSE OF THOSE THAT ARE NOT
Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley

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THE LYNCHING SONG
M. Lamar

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鏡中闇夜 MIRROR/ERROR
Yikii

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BROOD X: A GUIDED MEDITATION
unseelie

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GENERAL INTELLECT
Joanna Pope & Steph Holl Trieu

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PLEXAURE'S TOUR DIARY
Fauness

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REQUIEM FOR LOST PLANTS
Alice Yuan Zhang & Alexander Kaye

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BSAD (BUY SHIT AND DIE)
Steph Kretowicz & Ben Babbitt

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