August 11, 2005
INTERACTIVA 05
THE POSTCOLONIAL DILEMMA OF INTEGRATION VS. OPPOSITION
"Western thought is a particular metanarrative that has been heavily criticized by postcolonialism. Technology is considered by many an extension of Western thought and something that must be resisted or at least be critical of. This is the case with Balanquet. He considered InteractivA 05 a space where people could move towards a "post-technological" period, when the fetish for the machine would no longer exist, and the current models would be no more.[5] In his curatorial statement he contextualizes all of the participants as struggling with the inequalities that emerging technologies bring about in particular localities.[6] Balanquet's position actually resonated in every presentation, given that he would introduce everyone. Like most curators, Balanquet has a vision, an agenda that came into conflict with some of the works that he selected." From INTERACTIVA 05: THE POSTCOLONIAL DILEMMA OF INTEGRATION VS. OPPOSITION by Eduardo Navas, Net Art Review.
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