Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and Richard Mosse show solidarity with Candice, who accuses the National Gallery of Victoria of ties with Wilson Security, an organisation whose members sexually abused refugees at detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island.
Candice Breitz. Photo: Till Cremer
Candice Breitz, a South African artist, renamed her seven-channel video installation Love Story to Wilson Must Go because the National Gallery of Victoria use services of Wilson Security. The video piece featured Julianne Moore and Alec Baldwin, who spoke about problems of refugees that often remain ignored. The National Gallery of Victoria hosts the NGV Triennial.
According to artnet.com other participants of the triennial decided to protest against the NGV over its links with Wilson Security.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Redundant assembly, 2015. Photo courtesy of the artist and Franz J. Wamhof
Mexican-Canadian artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer renamed his work Recored Assembly to Wilson Must Go/The Sequel. He also called to make donations to refugee support organisations.
Richard Mosse, Incoming, 2015–2016. Photo courtesy of the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery and carlier|gebauer
Irish photographer Richard Mosse, the winner of the 2017 Prix Pictet, altered his 16-channel video installation so that it included a statement from Kurdish filmmaker Behrouz Boochani, who is being held on Manus Island.
In 2015, the Australian Senate found 30 allegations of child abuse and 15 allegations of sexual assault or rape at detention centres controlled by Wilson Security, the Sydney Morning Herald writes. The Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea ruled in April 2016 that the detention centre on Manus Island was illegal.
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