LIVE radio show hosted by Dóra Benyó in collaboration with Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence.
at Haus der Statistik | Tuesday, 23 April, 7–8 pm
Three Categories is a collaborative radio performance featuring Dutch/Hungarian artist Dóra Benyó and the Belgo-German artist duo Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence (O.J.A.I.). Central to the piece are the declassified secret police files compiled after the surveillance of Benyó’s grandfather, an academic and political activist during Hungary’s communist era. The title of the work stems from the categories of loyalty to the state citizens were classified into at the time.
Benyó’s collaboration with O.J.A.I. reimagines the architecture of the state archive, transforming it into a conceptual space representing totalitarian overreach through the excessive production of knowledge. O.J.A.I. contributes to this transformation by creating paranoid organizational atmospheres, conveyed through a series of fictional texts and modular sound compositions.
The collective listening session will take place at Haus der Statistik. Please RSVP to info@airberlinalexanderplatz.de if you wish to join the session in person and get the exact location.
Broadcasted through Colaboradio via Freies Radio Berlin/Brandenburg 88,4 MHz in Berlin 90,7 MHz in Potsdam or listen online.
Image: Chris Dreier, pinhole of Haus der Statistik, 2018