VOLKSEMPFÄNGER: ARTWORKS BY dAVID K.: FLUX PORTRAIT OF GEORGE MAČIŪNAS

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FLUX PORTRAIT OF GEORGE MAČIŪNAS

Self-portrait of George Mačiūnas

Paper and ink on felt

2011

"Maciunas and Beyond: Fluxus Never Stops" Satellite Exhibition
Kaunas Biennial, Kaunas, Lithuania

In the spirit of FLUXUS artist George Mačiūnas' pixelated self-portrait, the same was rendered into a QR code that links up to a digital version of the original:

The Volksempfänger ("people's receiver") was a radio receiver developed in 1933 to make radio technology affordable to the general public for propagandistic reasons. Despite the nature of the broadcasts the radio was intended to receive, the evil genius of the device was the efficient nature in which messages could be directly disseminated to the masses. The internet is the modern equivalent of the Volksempfänger - it costs little, it reaches millions of people, and one should be very, very critical of the rubbish emanating from it.