Nach drei erfolgreichen Tagen im Rahmen unserer Ausstellung "30 Jahre Space Invaders" auf der GC Art ist das Werk ab heute abgeschaltet. Obwohl es von den Besuchern vorort und den Europäischen Medien (z.B. in einem Beitrag auf ARTE Kultur vom 21.8.2008) positiv aufgenommen wurde, brachte die kontroverse Debatte des Werks in den USA Douglas E. Stanley zu dieser Entscheidung. Wir respektieren diese und bedauern die Umstände, die ihn dazu veranlasst haben. Hier sein Statement von gestern:

 

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 After three days of a steady downward spiral in public discussion of the piece, I have just given my agreement to the organizers of the Leipzig Games Convention to simply turn off the installation Invaders! While I realize the dangerous precedent of allowing the lowest common denominator dictate what is and is not a valid form of expression, unfortunately the current tone has totally obfuscated the original aims of the piece. While I take full responsibility for the uncomfortable ambiguity of certain aspects of this work, it was never created to merely provoke controversy for controversy's sake, and unfortunately, this is what the piece has now become. The American response to this work has been, frankly, immature, and lacking the sophistication and consideration that other parts of the world have so far shown the work. Contrary to previous reports, I am an American, and it saddens me that we as a people remain so profoundly unable to process this event outside of some obscure, but tacitly understood, criteria of purely anesthetized artistic representation. Due to these profound misunderstandings, I simply feel that from an artistic point of view, the work has lost the ability to have any valuable impact, poetic or otherwise. I have not been pressured by the Leipziger Messe, nor by the Computerspiele Museum in this decision -- to the contrary, they have offered their support in defending the right of artists to speak freely, and in whatever context they may choose.

Douglas Edric Stanley

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Weitere Informationen finden Sie auf dem blog des Künstlers http://www.abstractmachine.net/blog/30-years-of-invasions/  

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