spiel.25 > Alexander Reyna »False Flags«

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Big Brother is here and he is definitely watching you. Solo exhibition »False Flags« — the Berlin debut of American multimedia artist Alexander Reyna is curated by Lynn del Sol. This exhibition examines the long tradition of art and protest through interactive video, print, and installation work. Reyna‘s work deals explicitly with our relationship with mass media and corporatized imagery. If you ask him the artist will tell you he is »working in collaboration with corporations« however, they were never told. Reyna is always subverting those authors original intentions and repurposing their »message« to better serve his ends. This new body of work differs greatly with his award wining graphically rich videos he is best known for. At the core, this exhibition centers around economic and political realities and underlying conspiracy theories that function beneath mainstream propaganda. Surrounding the viewers with the sounds and sights of war and crisis, the sensory aspect of fear is overwhelmingly induced by the artist through surveillance cameras, motion detectors, and an all ominous interactive encampment room, we beg you to enter, we just don't promise we will let you out.