{"id":53510,"date":"2015-08-22T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T09:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new-website.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/events\/josh-kline-freedom\/"},"modified":"2023-05-18T16:11:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T15:11:04","slug":"josh-kline-freedom","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/events\/josh-kline-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Kline: Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>22 August \u2013 18 October 2015<\/p>\n<p>FREE ENTRY<\/p>\n<p>Summer Preview: Friday 21 August, 6.00pm<\/p>\n<p>A dystopian environment is produced at Modern Art Oxford in <em>Freedom, <\/em>the first solo exhibition in the UK by American artist Josh Kline (b. 1979).<\/p>\n<p>At the centre of <em>Freedom <\/em>is a major installation from which the exhibition takes its title. &nbsp;Four towering \u2018Police Teletubbies\u2019 dressed in SWAT gear guard a space modelled after Zuccotti Park, the privately owned public space in New York City and site of the Occupy&nbsp;Wall&nbsp;Street protest camp in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>In<em>&nbsp;Hope and Change<\/em>, US President Barack Obama, played by an actor augmented with facial substitution software, delivers a provocative&nbsp;new version of the President&#8217;s&nbsp;2009 inaugural speech.<\/p>\n<p>In this darkly compelling new exhibition, Kline highlights&nbsp;the erosion of privacy and civil rights in the 21st century.<\/p>\n<p>Freedom is the first in a cycle of projects planned by Kline that will explore the political and economic landscape of the future.<\/p>\n<p><em>With thanks to New Museum, New York; The Rubell Family Collection, Miami; and 47 Canal, New York.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Download the exhibition notes here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/JOSHKIKIfinal1.pdf\">Kiki Kogelnik &amp; Josh Kline Exhibition Notes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download the activity guide here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/MAO-final-draft-2.pdf\">Kiki Kogelnik &amp; Josh Kline Activity Guide<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Some of the video content in this exhibition contains themes of a political nature and language that some people may find offensive. 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