http://medinatweimar.org/2008/06/14/tools-of-political-campaigning-and-activism/ The Movement for a Jewish State in Thuringia. Deutschland. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:47:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://medinatweimar.org/2008/06/14/tools-of-political-campaigning-and-activism/#comment-58 Medinat Weimar » Blog Archive » ‘Over-identification’ with the ‘hidden reverse’ of ideology Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:03:45 +0000 http://medinatweimar.org/?p=29#comment-58 [...] In principle 3, we argued that art should leave the safety of autonomy and connect with communities in order to be effective as well as activate a process of change. Medinat Weimar declares itself to be an art project that is a political movement that will lead to a state. The project has to completely believe in this, it has to act as if it believes of the possibility that its vision will come true and argue for its importance and relevance. On the other hand, at the first vulnerable stages of the project when the movement does not really exist anywhere but in the head of its creator, it needs the protection and safety of art. I needed to play this double game of being in the framework of art and desiring an organization of a group of people who would work together to achieve a political goal. I wanted to turn my absurd idea into a social organism. When asked, “do you believe in it? Are you serious? Do you really want a Jewish state in Thuringia?” My answer then is that I really do believe in the project and the discussions it wants to raise and I am therefore completely serious about the project. [...] [...] In principle 3, we argued that art should leave the safety of autonomy and connect with communities in order to be effective as well as activate a process of change. Medinat Weimar declares itself to be an art project that is a political movement that will lead to a state. The project has to completely believe in this, it has to act as if it believes of the possibility that its vision will come true and argue for its importance and relevance. On the other hand, at the first vulnerable stages of the project when the movement does not really exist anywhere but in the head of its creator, it needs the protection and safety of art. I needed to play this double game of being in the framework of art and desiring an organization of a group of people who would work together to achieve a political goal. I wanted to turn my absurd idea into a social organism. When asked, “do you believe in it? Are you serious? Do you really want a Jewish state in Thuringia?” My answer then is that I really do believe in the project and the discussions it wants to raise and I am therefore completely serious about the project. [...]

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