The idea of an artist giving a voice for social groups that don't really have one is a promising one (even if it does more in helping the voiced ones understand their privilege than actually giving a voice to the ones missing it). However, video-performance “PeuP-”, an outcome or a report of one of such encounters does not really voice or open the eyes of anyone since the aesthetics used is so over-constructed (loud low-sound music, fast montage of videos made with phones accompanied with reciting of words one expects to hear in this type of performance – courage, democracy, truth, etc.). The form just kills the content where it should be a powering metaphor of the latter.
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