Upon close inspection, the work's text is a list of words that have seemingly been banned by the Trump administration that first appeared in the New York Times in March, which has been adapted as Andrea Fraser's latest project, titled Lexicon. The majority of these words revolve around the term "diversity, equity, and inclusion" (DEI) and related terms, like "racial diversity," "activism," "discrimination," confirmation bias," "women," "cultural heritage," "underserved," "pregnant person," "they/them"-the list goes on.
Tieu's work consists of a contract engraved onto four A4-sized mirrors. It harshly criticises KW's board structure, which charges a €5,000 yearly fee from each member. The fee is a key revenue stream for the institute, already under pressure as Berlin cuts arts funding, but also hampers diversity in the management of the city's cultural institutions, in which "legacies of exclusion and economic gatekeeping" persist.
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