Purple Diary
[April 1 2011]
Warfilms by Rita Ackermann
…WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR FIGHTING THE REVOLUTION OF TOMORROW. I SALUTE YOU, THE YOUTH OF NATION, THE YOUTH OF THE… AND YOU ARE PRESENTING THE TRUTH THAT FORCES… TO COVER THE TRUTH… THEY WANT TO DISFIGURE YOUR REVOLUTION TO THE WORLD AND THEY WANT TO CHEAT ON YOU, TO BETRAY YOU AND MISREPRESENT YOU. THEY DON’T WANT DIGNITY, REVOLUTION AND INDEPENDENCE, THEY WANT TO GO BACK TO THE AGE OF RULES. THEY WANT FAILURE. COLLAPSE TO THE NATION… BUT YOU ARE HERE… TO SHOUT LOUD AND SAY, WE ARE HERE, THIS IS OUR COUNTRY, THIS IS THE LEADER OF A CONTINENT. AND TO THE REST OF THE WORLD, YESTERDAY OUR PEOPLE HAD NO IDENTITY BUT NOW OUR PEOPLE CAN HOLD THEIR HEADS UP HIGH AND PROUD TO ALL OTHER LEADERS OF THE WORLD AND ALL OTHER LEADERS OF THE POWERFUL NATIONS… THEY WANT TO UNDERMINE YOU, UNDERMINE THE PEOPLE AND THEY WANT TO TAKE ACTION ON THE GROUND… THE REVOLUTION MEANS SACRIFICE TIL THE END, TIL THE LAST BREATH OF MY LIFE… I WAS TALKING TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE ON THE SQUARE AND WANTED TO SPEND THE NIGHT WITH THEM BUT IT STARTED TO RAIN…
Warfilms by Rita Ackermann runs from 5 April to 10 April at The Journal Gallery, Williamsburg, 168 North 1st Street, Brooklyn. Photo Rita Ackermann
