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We Cannot Take Them All, 2019 by Terhi Marttila

We-cannot-take-them-all is a browser-based, conceptual artwork about attitudes towards migrants. Select a country to listen to what people from that country think about migrants. Upon trying out a few countries, the user cannot avoid to notice that they are being exposed to a mantra which always begins with these three sentences: What is happening to the others is too bad, but it's not our fault. We cannot take them all. We have our own problems.
a computer with a browser open of a web page from which you can listen to what people in different locations think about migrants

VII Art of Research: Authorship and Responsibility Exhibition

We-cannot-take-them-all is a browser-based, conceptual artwork about attitudes towards migrants. Select a country to listen to what people from that country think about migrants. Upon trying out a few countries, the user cannot avoid to notice that they are being exposed to a mantra which always begins with these three sentences: What is happening to the others is too bad, but it's not our fault. We cannot take them all. We have our own problems.

by Terhi Marttila

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