June 27, 2005
Turbulence Commission: "Fallout, Part I: An Open
Repository"
by Ricardo Miranda Zuñiga
http://turbulence.org/works/fallout
"Eleven of us shared beds, floor, and one tiny bathroom as the Somoza
dynasty came to an end in 1979.
When I returned to Masaya, the town was terribly damaged. The streets
and the
Spanish stucco facades of homes were bullet ridden and marked with the
silhouette of Sandino. Although the popular revolution succeeded, the
economic
and political rebuilding of the republic never has. Why is this so?"
Today, Nicaragua is once again on the brink of political and economic
disaster.
"Fallout" is a two part project: the first--an open database of
personal accounts--will later inform part
2, an
online game. Initiated by requesting personal commentary from
individuals
representing several generations of a single family, "Fallout, Part I:
An
Open Repository" is now open for submissions by anyone concerned with
Nicaragua or other similarly imperiled nations. The site presents a
written and
graphical history for those not familiar with Nicaragua and utilizes
collaborative software to investigate the enigma of the Nicaraguan
national
character. "Fallout" potentially serves as a case study of the
lasting effects of globalization and U.S. interventionist policies upon
developing nations.
"Fallout"
is a 2005 commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. (aka
Ether-Ore). It
was made possible with funding from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the
Visual
Arts.
BIOGRAPHY
Ricardo Miranda Zuñiga grew up between
Nicaragua, and
San Francisco. Although his formal education has been within the
borders of the
United States, his personal perspectives and ideology have been molded
by a
bicultural reality, consisting of such polar elements as Disneyland and
the
Nicaraguan Leftist Revolutionary movement. A bicultural upbringing tied
to a
multidisciplinary education has lead to work that attempts to cultivate
interaction with the viewer and includes performance, sculpture, video
and
audio, the Internet or a combination of all. The principle behind the
work is
communication as a creative process.
Project Credits:
Conceptualization,
Development,
and Programming: Ricardo Miranda Zuñiga
Written History: Reynaldo Miranda
Zuñiga
Conceptualization and Development
Assistance: Karen, Mauricio, and Oscar Padilla
Web Programming Assistance: John
Kuiphoff
For more Turbulence Commissions, please visit http://turbulence.org/
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Untitled Document
Jo-Anne
Green, Co-Director
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