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Attention! Art Is on the Stage Örebro University Department of Humanities September 14, 2012 ATTENTION! ART IS ON THE STAGE An Applied Master Project on Activist Art Including the Interview Series with Nine Artists from Seven Art Forms Academic and Journalistic Component of Applied Master Project Global Journalism Master Program Supervisor: Walid Al-Saqaf Author: Fatma Gökcen Tuncer ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The project you are about to read, is a product of two years study and various experiences. Although it is an independent project of my own, I must give the credits to below names. Without them, I would never be who I am, I would never be where I am. Millions of thanks will never be enough but I am grateful to, My supervisor Walid Al-Saqaf and all the faculty members of Master of Global Journalism, for assisting me during this project and providing me great quality of education for the last two years, MAGJ 2010 family who thought me how great it is to be a part of a family which has 27 members from 14 different nations. Thank you guys, for providing me at least one home in 13 countries and teaching me making empathy and how to party crazily, Ashley Fargnoli, Bedri Baykam, Christian Narkiewicz-Laine, Dror Feiler, Lars Vilks, Mithra Zahedi, Nezaket Ekici, Sookee, Stefan Jonsson and all the other artists who are involved in this project, encouraged me and respond my questions with an open heart, Sarah Ekerbring and Johan Andersson and all the other members of Ekerbring and Andersson families, for literally being my family in Sweden. You were more than a family, a room of trust and love in which I entered two years ago and feel like nothing bad can happen to me. Salih Dellal, for all his patience and support no matter what happened between us, Larry Synclair and Nhung, Bui for always being there when everybody is gone and still loving me despite all of my depressions, clumsiness and funny moments during all the trips and parties we had together, Tuğçe Tosun, Batuhan Uslu, Berna Kazan and Burak Gülhan, for the strongest friendship I ever had for the last 15 years. Without Burak I would never think about Sweden, without Batuhan I would never get up from that couch and have enough courage to apply for Sweden, without the smiles of Tuğçe and Berna, the distances would be unbearable and my life would be dull and meaningless. Kim Ngan Nguyen… We had to stay 10,814 km far away from each other for 23 years to meet and become sisters in Sweden. Thank you all for your support and being my inspiration for two years. And my family, my eternal motivation... No matter how far the distances were, I always felt them next to me, inside of me. Thank you for being the source of my power and my smile. This study is dedicated to all the artists and journalists who are suppressed by the world’s“justice system” Table of Contents 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 5 1.1 Aim of the study ............................................................................................................................ 5 1.2 Background .................................................................................................................................. 5 1.3 The Decision Making of The Seven Art Forms ............................................................................... 7 1.4 Motives and Relevances ................................................................................................................... 8 2. Theoretical Framework ......................................................................................................................... 10 2.1 Public Sphere .................................................................................................................................. 10 2.2 The Relation Between The Multitude and The Power .................................................................... 11 2.3 Activist Art ..................................................................................................................................... 13 2.4 Can Activist Art Turn Into Propaganda? ......................................................................................... 15 3. The Journalistic Methods ...................................................................................................................... 17 3.1 Gathering Information..................................................................................................................... 17 3.2 Preparation of The Questions .......................................................................................................... 17 3.3 Preparation of The Equipments ....................................................................................................... 18 3.4 Interviews and Transcribing ............................................................................................................ 18 3.5 Integration of All The Collected Data Into Final Stories ................................................................ 18 3.6 Web Page Development ................................................................................................................. 19 4. Literature Review .................................................................................................................................. 19 5. The Outline Of The Article Series ....................................................................................................... 22 5.1 Article 1: “The Art of Architecture Expresses The Noble Qualities of Human Life”..................... 22 5.2 Article 2: The Chasse Between The Continents .............................................................................. 23 5.3 Article 3: Beyond The Language Barriers: Literary Activism ........................................................ 23 5.4 Article 4: The Quing Of Hip-Hop: Sookee ..................................................................................... 23 5.5 Article 5: 40 Years of Peace Struggle and A Ship-full of Hope ...................................................... 24 5.6 Article 6: The Roundabout of Freedom of Speech: An Interview with Lars Vilks ......................... 24 5.7 Article 7: A Cultural Guerilla: Bedri Baykam ................................................................................. 25 5.8 Article 8: Performance vs. Identities ............................................................................................... 26 5.9 Article 9: The Improvisation Which Has Done Very Much ........................................................... 26 6. Assessments .......................................................................................................................................... 27 6.1 The Relevant Studies ....................................................................................................................... 27 6.2 The contributions of the study ........................................................................................................ 28 6.3 Particular Obstacles ........................................................................................................................ 28 7. Limitations and Ethical Considerations ................................................................................................ 29 8. Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................ 29 8.1 Responding The Question of Can Art Turn into Propaganda ......................................................... 30 8.2 General Evaluation .......................................................................................................................... 31 9. References ............................................................................................................................................. 32 10. Appendix: The Articles of The Journalistic Component ..................................................................... 36 4 1. Introduction 1.1 Aim of the study The balance of the world has been built on various empires, kingdoms, civilizations and economic systems for centuries. This study is written in the belief that the center of the world rule started to change. The determiners are not the leaders or the systems anymore but the individuals themselves. People are aware of that their voice can easily reach to the rest of the world. For most of the people it is not only sharing their ideas on various social networks but also playing an active role in the world order. Since every human being has different ways of expressing themselves, their active role will also differ from each other. This study focuses on the active role of Art, which is one of the important ways when it is about self-expression. By this research, it is aimed to find answers to the following questions: “How can art be effective in the change of the world?” and “In what point activist art differs from propaganda?” 1.2 Background The individual, who is the protagonist in world's history stage, has always seemed as if he is the supporting character although he is the one who created the societies, chose the leaders, determined the world systems which were governed by the said leaders. The reasons of the wars, peace, successes, failures or revolutions have always been the individual himself. Especially after the invention of the first computer, the great leap of the technology changed all
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