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Victims, Victimizers, Voyeurs
 
scratching the surface of daily life in searchfor evil
MARTIN DAHLSTRÖM-HEUSERThesis for the Degree of Master of Fine Arts with specialization in Digital MediaReport No. 2009-010ISSN:1651-476
University of GothenburgDepartment of Applied Information Technology and Valand School of Fine ArtsGothenburg, Sweden, May 2009
 
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SUMMARY
VICTIMS, VICTIMIZERS, VOYEURS: scratching the surface of daily life in search forevilMartin Dahlström-Heuser
, Valand School of Fine Arts andDep. Of Applied IT. IT University in Göteborg, Chalmers University of Technology.In this paper, I discuss some of the main ideas that surround my art project
Interview 
, which was created as my final master degree project. It included elevenvolunteers who were filmed while they underwent an interview that used very softinterrogation and brainwashing techniques connected to daily life activities. Thepaper starts by explaining the project itself and how it was installed at an artexhibition, and continues with more general concepts related to oppression, powerabuse, comedy, and the use of fiction as a means of discussing reality.
Keywords
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video installation, interview, Second World War, totalism, propaganda,fascist architecture, psychological violence, victimization, double bind.
 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PROLOGUE ......................................................................................................................................... 1
 
INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................. 4
 
INTERVIEW 
- THE PROJECT ................................................................................................................. 6
 
INTERVIEW WITH Y.T. ...................................................................................................................... 11
 
“YOU ARE A LIAR"
............................................................................................................................ 13
 
INTERVIEW WITH L.K. ...................................................................................................................... 18
 
THE IMPORTANCE OF A GOOD STRUCTURE ..................................................................................... 21
 
INTERVIEW WITH F.O. ...................................................................................................................... 24
 
THE ANGRY ART ............................................................................................................................... 25
 
INTERVIEW WITH R.N....................................................................................................................... 27
 
THINK OF THE CHILDREN! ................................................................................................................. 29
 
INTERVIEW WITH S.U. ...................................................................................................................... 32
 
“COUNT! . . . FASTER!” 
..................................................................................................................... 33
 
INTERVIEW WITH D.L. ...................................................................................................................... 36
 
“IS THIS REAL LIFE?”
......................................................................................................................... 38
 
INTERVIEW WITH J.W. ..................................................................................................................... 41
 
EPILOGUE ......................................................................................................................................... 42
 
APPENDIX 1: CATALOGUE TEXT BY DAVID CRAWFORD ................................................................... 44
 
APPENDIX 2: TEXT USED DURING THE INTERVIEWS ........................................................................ 45
 
REFERENCES ..................................................................................................................................... 49
 
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