tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684752445949340487.post4263734704160503881..comments2023-06-29T16:23:39.806+01:00Comments on engage: Banksy Bouncing #1 / Engage F2F 25/06/08markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04556299081652933923noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684752445949340487.post-85576108526775508562008-06-27T20:13:00.000+01:002008-06-27T20:13:00.000+01:00Rache's comment about Jesus dressed in the iconic ...Rache's comment about Jesus dressed in the iconic jumpsuit is intriguing. It reminds me of a picture I have of Jesus dressed as a concentration camp inmate, being mocked by Nazi soldiers. The scene recreates the mocking of Jesus at his arrest - blindfolded, beaten with sticks and a crown of thorns/barbed wire on his head. <BR/><BR/>I'd love to see an updated version of this with Jesus dressed as a guantanamo inmate. I think this would be pretty powerful with the American Right at the moment!<BR/><BR/>Jesus, concentration camp inmates, guantanamo bay inmates - all victims of unfair trials, punished without evidence. Jesus stands with all of them.<BR/><BR/>Also, check out this Banksy prank - placing a blow up guantanamo doll at Disneyland next to one of the rides:<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRNmhmfSpVg<BR/><BR/>I also think that the image of the man walking past can't help us think about the suffering we 'walk past' and do nothing about. I want to somehow keep the balance between not making excuses for not doing anything and not relinquishing responsibility.markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04556299081652933923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684752445949340487.post-84103203458080210712008-06-26T22:36:00.000+01:002008-06-26T22:36:00.000+01:00this pic makes me think of:a caged animalfaceless ...this pic makes me think of:<BR/><BR/>a caged animal<BR/><BR/>faceless = dehumanised (?demonised)<BR/><BR/>also feels like the faceless face is looking at passersby (and me too, observing the image) with a challenge, or perhaps more 'a bearing witness' to this particular example of mans' inhumanity to man<BR/><BR/>ok so what's pictured is an extreme example but where do I fail to recognise or respond to another's humanity, what systems or pressures dehumanise me or others and is there anything I can do differently in these situations?<BR/><BR/>on a different note, it also reminded me of the Manchester Passion on telly a couple of Easter's ago(which I thought was fab) - Jesus before Pilate dressed in the iconic orange jumpsuit - was a powerful imagerachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00940159546253455114noreply@blogger.com