Information Smuggling
Design Academy Eindhoven
Associate prof. Marco Ferrari
Information Smuggling delves into the media ecosystem of illicit publishing and dissemination of information as resistance against Russian oppression and cultural erasure in Lithuania. The thesis examines the complex system of elements required for the operation to function, such as a network of people, infrastructure, and suitable terrain. The video installation transports viewers to a forest with contemporary political significance and historical relevance, situated on the borders of Lithuania, Belarus, Poland and Kaliningrad. By employing diverse modes of witnessing – via the landscape, history, and the viewer – the installation positions the terrain as an active participant, facilitating the smuggling of information.
