The European Media Art Festival 2015: Irony

Category: Festival
Year: 2015
Institution: European Media Art Festival , Osnabrück
Comment: We come across irony all the time in everyday communication: in photos, caricatures, texts and conversations. Witty, critical or ironic comments are transformed into questioning works and words using the devices of under- and over-exaggeration, shifting meanings or taking phrases out of context. Irony, always aimed at one’s counterpart, assumes that both parties have a similar state of knowledge, shared views or problems.Numerous facets of irony are also visible in Media Art, as EMAF 2015 demonstrated in all kinds of ways in its programme. Visitors haven given a chuckle, a smile or even a frown or a nod of approval – and many have later subsequently looked at things from a different perspective.