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Don’t You Know There’s A War Going On?Post an Event »

The Lab

May 28 - June 15, 2008

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2948 16th Street San Francisco, CA
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Don’t You Know There’s A War Going On?
Don’t You Know There’s A War Going On? is a video installation of a cat playing with, dismembering, and eating a bird, paired to a soundtrack of current BBC news radio. The actual event borders on the banal, but the footage is jolting. This piece explores the prosaic nature of violence, its prevalent and consistent presence in our lives, and our obligation, if any, to do something about it. The piece invokes questions of the responsibility of the viewer, and by extension, all of us who bear witness to violence on a daily basis.