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The internet has become a dizzying source of daily information and its almost hard to remember a world without it. The velocity of social change has lead to re-contextualisations that are reshaping the very imagination of culture. We live in a unique moment in history, between two rapidly changing worlds. One is the world of decaying political and economic structures and the other is the world of an infinite explosion in technology and information. These opposing forces are placing us in a paradoxical state and there are conflicting mindsets in every part of our culture: the contradiction between ubiquitous virtual presence and physical presence creating an identity crisis; the non-hierarchical, organic web structure clashing with hierarchical, non-organic real-world structures; the myth of the individual as a genius vs the power of the crowd and the collaborative practice; the passive and observant attitude set against active participation and co-creation.
The earliest religions were created as a way to deal with ignorance and fear of the unknown. In his performance for video 'MEDIA KUNST' Estes explores the simple act of stopping and breathing within the context of social upheaval and change. The work can be read as the recollection of a poetic imagination rendered obsolete by new technological knowledge paradigms but also for the creation of new techno-cultural imaginations, where behaving like a dissident becomes a creative act.
In the Live Art Performance 'MEDIA KUNST' Artist Tom Estes' aims to challenge the conventional presentation of audience participation in a Museum and Gallery. For this intervention he attempts to critically examine the role of art in social change taking forward the idea that subversion, even as an act of passive resistance is a democratic act that constitutes a cornerstone of democratic society.

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