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Using unusual design to depict the all-too-usual everyday reality ofoppression, Laurie McDonald provides a harrowing demonstration of the need for an organization like Amnesty International. The stereo soundtrack conveys two 'sounds' of present-day South Korean reality: one speaker pumps out a smooth commentary voice describing in true commercial tradition how wonderful everything is in South Korea at the moment, while from the other speaker we hear the voice of a South Korean describing his experiences in prison. The accompanying images of torture are surprising and effective. The work is dedicated to Lee Choon-Sop, a theology student who in 1980 dared demonstrate against the government-sanctioned murder of a fellow student and who ended up in gaol. Far from being an objective documentary in the tradition of news broadcasts, this is a committed work of art.
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