The online work Bobi Wine vs Museveni filters out the latest
Twitter and YouTube messages containing the terms "Bobi Wine" and
"Yoweri Museveni" and weaves them into a wild TV news programme (24/7). A
net-based TV show that confronts us with opinions that do not always
reflect variants of our own opinion. Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, better
known under his stage name Bobi Wine is a star for the youth in Uganda.
He raps, does politics and, as the most promising presidential
candidate, is a threat to Uganda's long-term president Yoweri Museveni.
The election took place on 14 January 2021. Bobi Wine grew up in the
digital revolution, has access to political activist strategies and
creative expression. He uses the internet as a virtual public space
where his followers come together, share their lives and ideas, open to
comment and debate. There are several Ugandans within Uganda. With
platforms like Twitter and YouTube we can take a look at what the real
Uganda looks like and what it thinks. What do people in Uganda really
say? What ideas do they project? What kind of discourse is taking place
on these platforms around the presidential elections? Can the interplay
of artistic and political activist strategies lead to democracy in
Uganda? What does this mean for the future of the country?
The Swiss artist Marc Lee creates network-oriented interactive art
works. In his projects he experiments with the data and methods of
information and communication technologies to critically examine their
cultural, social and political ramifications.
