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                                    size="+1">PERSUASION LAB (ad.watch)</font></b></font></font></font></b></font></font></b></font></div>
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                                    size="+1">in Kooperation mit Elevate
                                    Festival 2020</font></b></font></font></font></b></font></font></b></font><br>
                <font face="Arial"><b><font face="Arial"><font
                        face="Arial"><b>Nayantara Ranganathan (IND) und
                          Manuel Beltrán (ESP)</b></font></font></b></font></div>
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                <font face="Arial">Sonntag, 1.3.2020, ab 17.00 Uhr <br>
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              <div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial"> <font
                    size="-1"><i>Please scroll down for the English
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                                  face="Arial"> Sehr geehrte Damen und
                                  Herren,<br>
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                                  wir laden Sie herzlich zur Eröffnung
                                  der Ausstellung</font><font
                                  face="Arial"><font face="Arial"> <i>PERSUASION
                                      LAB</i><i> (ad.watch)</i> mit
                                    Nayantara Ranganathan und Manuel
                                    Beltrán im Rahmen von <i>Elevate
                                      Festival 2020</i> am Sonntag,
                                    1.3.2020, ab 17.00 Uhr in das esc
                                    medien kunst labor ein!<br>
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                                    Wir freuen uns auf Ihren Besuch!<br>
                                    Reni Hofmüller und Ilse Weber</font></font></div>
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                                                          size="+1">PERSUASION
                                                          LAB (ad.watch)</font></b></font></font></font></b></font></font></b></font></font></font></a></div>
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                                    </b><i>"Politische Subjektivität
                                      wird hergestellt, kommerzialisiert
                                      und verkauft. Was bedeutet das für
                                      politische Partizipation?"<br>
                                    </i><font size="-1">[Nayantara
                                      Ranganathan, Manuel Beltrán]</font><i><br>
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                                  face="Arial"><font face="Arial"> </font></font><font
                                  face="Arial"><font face="Arial">In
                                    Kooperation mit dem <i>Elevate
                                      Festival 2020</i> präsentiert das
                                    esc medien kunst labor vom 1. März
                                    bis 11. März eine neue Installation
                                    der beiden Kunstschaffenden, die
                                    sich mit den Ideen von <i>ad.watch</i>
                                    auseinandersetzt. Das <i>PERSUASION
                                      LAB (ad.watch)</i> bietet eine
                                    Infrastruktur, um die Funktionsweise
                                    von politischer und kommerzieller
                                    Werbung auf FACEBOOK Inc.
                                    offenzulegen und zu hinterfragen.<br>
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                                      face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font
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                                            face="Arial"><b>Nayantara
                                              Ranganathan</b> (IND)
                                            Forscherin und Juristin;
                                            beschäftigt sich mit der
                                            wechselseitigen
                                            Beeinflussung von Politik,
                                            Kultur und Technologien<br>
                                            <br>
                                            <b>Manuel Beltrán</b> (ESP)
                                            Medienkünstler und Forscher;
                                            beschäftigt sich mit
                                            zeitgenössischer Kunst,
                                            Aktivismus, Gesellschaft,
                                            post-digitaler Kultur und
                                            Neuen Medien<br>
                                            <br>
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                                    </a><b>Ausstellungseröffnung: </b><br>
                                    Sa, 1.3.2020, 17.00 Uhr</font></font><br>
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                                    face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><b>PERSUASION
                                        LAB (ad.watch) - Gespräch mit
                                        den KünstlerInnen:</b></font></font></div>
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                                    face="Arial"><font face="Arial">Sa,
                                      7.3.2020, 14.00 Uhr</font></font></div>
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                                  face="Arial"><font face="Arial"> <b>Öffnungszeiten
                                      1.3. – 11.3.2020:</b><br>
                                    Di – Fr, 14.00 – 19.00 Uhr</font></font><br>
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                                      size="-1"><i>PERSUASION LAB
                                        (ad.watch) </i>ist eine
                                      Kooperation von esc medien kunst
                                      labor und dem <i>Elevate Festival
                                        2020</i>.<br>
                                      Bildsujet © esc mkl, Foto von
                                      Beltran-Ranganathan, .siacus)<br>
                                      esc medien kunst labor |
                                      Bürgergasse 5, 8010 Graz |
                                      Telefon: +43 316 836 000 | <a
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                                        href="mailto:esc@mur.at"
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                                    Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,<br>
                                    <br>
                                    we warmly invite you to the opening
                                    of our exhibition <i>PERSUASION LAB
                                      (ad.watch) </i>with</font></font><font
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                                        </b>Nayantara Ranganathan and
                                        Manuel Beltrán </font></font></font></font><font
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                                      face="Arial"><font face="Arial">during
                                        <i>Elevate Festival 2020</i> </font></font>on
                                    Sunday, 1.3.2020, at 5pm<i> </i>at
                                    esc medien kunst labor.<br>
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                                    We look forward to seeing you there!<br>
                                    Reni Hofmüller and Ilse Weber<br>
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face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font size="+1"><font size="+2"><b><font
                                                          size="+1">PERSUASION
                                                          LAB (ad.watch)</font></b></font></font></font></b></font></font></b></font></b></font></font></font></font></font></font></a></div>
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                                            face="Arial"><b><br>
                                            </b><i>"Political
                                              subjectivities are
                                              manufactured, commodified,
                                              and on sale. What happens
                                              to political participation
                                              now?”</i></font></font></font></font></font></font><br>
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                                                face="Arial"><font
                                                  size="-1">[Nayantara
                                                  Ranganathan, Manuel
                                                  Beltrán]</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></div>
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                                            </b></font></font></font></font></font></font></div>
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                                            face="Arial">In cooperation
                                            with <i>Elevate Festival
                                              2020</i>, esc medien kunst
                                            labor presents a new
                                            installation by the two
                                            artists, which explores
                                            ideas emerging from <i>ad.watch</i>
                                            and will take place in Graz
                                            from March 1st to March
                                            11th. <i>PERSUASION LAB (</i><i>ad.watch</i>)
                                            questions the foreclosure of
                                            access to political
                                            advertising information. The
                                            project collects records of
                                            political ads on Facebook
                                            and Instagram and creates
                                            interfaces for their use to
                                            provide the opportunity to
                                            explore them more closely. <br>
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                                                        face="Arial"><b>Nayantara
                                                          Ranganathan</b>
                                                        (IND) researcher
                                                        and lawyer;
                                                        working on the
                                                        politics and
                                                        culture of
                                                        technologies <br>
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                                                          face="Arial"><b>Manuel
                                                          Beltrán</b>
                                                          (ESP) artist,
                                                          activist ansd
                                                          researcher;
                                                          working on
                                                          contemporary
                                                          art, society,
                                                          post-digital
                                                          culture and
                                                          new media<br>
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                                            face="Arial"> </font></font></font><b>Exhibition
                                      </b><b>o</b></font><b>pening: </b><br>
                                    Sun, 1.3.2020, 5pm</font></font><br>
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                                          LAB (ad.watch) - Artist Talk:</b></font></font>
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                                    face="Arial"><font face="Arial">Sat,
                                      7.3.2020, 2pm</font></font><font
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                                      hours 1.3. – 11.3.2020:</b><br>
                                    Tue – Fri, 2am – 7pm<br>
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                                        <font size="-1"><i>PERSUASION
                                            LAB (ad.watch) </i>is a
                                          cooperation of esc medien
                                          kunst labor and <i>Elevate
                                            Festival 2020.</i><br>
                                          Image © esc
                                          mkl,Beltran-Ranganathan,
                                          .siacus)<br>
                                          esc medien kunst labor |
                                          Bürgergasse 5, 8010 Graz |
                                          Telefon: +43 316 836 000 | <a
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