Terror Chic a., 2005
Published for the 51st Venice Biennale
Metal stencil to be used to print slogan on T-shirt, bag, wall, car, or any other object. 26 x 55.5 cm (10¼ x 22 in). Edition of 200, signed and numbered.
Silence and self-censorship as a means to impose and resist power are the central issues taken up by Tania Bruguera (born 1968 in Havana, Cuba; lives and works in New York City and Havana). She grew up in a country that was always subjugated to diverse powers, and her Cuban heritage is fundamental to her works. In her performances and installations, Bruguera uses silence as an act of submission, simultaneously transforming it into a mode of resistance. The edition made for the Biennale is a conceptual tool to advertise her thought-provoking slogan "Never forget your first revolution".
