Swearing-in Whispers reading
April 19, 2012 - April 20, 2012
Swearing-in Whispers: A screenplay based on the Radia Tap(e)s
Join us for a reading at
New Museum Theater
Thursday April 19 2012
7.pm
as part of "The Ungovernables,"2012 New Museum Triennial
Aarti Sethi, Murtaza Vali, Naeem Mohaiemen, Siddharth Lokanandi and Deepti Salopek join CAMP for the reading, which will be followed by a screening of HUM LOGOS.
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This script reading and screening will present CAMP's work in the
Triennial in the context of listening, rhetoric, and self-education. The
Radia Tape leaks, which the work is based on, have been described as
“essential listening for anyone trying to be a journalist.” This
invitation could be extended to anyone interested in contemporary India
or in the links between communication and politics.
Act I : Reading from Swearing-in Whispers, a screenplay based on 3 days of the Radia tap(e)s, prior to the formation of the
cabinet of ministers after Indian general elections in 2009.
Act II : Screening of HUM LOGOS, a 50-minute sound+text film that begins
when top journalists claim that they were just "stringing along" Radia,
and their conversations were not based on reality. This opens up a
world of rhetorical agents: lies, pen-drives, arguments and relays that
show us (or allow us to hear) what both "speech" and meaning have
become, in this highly mediatised and interconnected environment.
