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Details of 404: Resistance in the Digital Age

RAGE is an artist collective with a fluid approach to membership. RAGE was established in 2016 by a group of international students who met while studying at the Royal College of Art. It was formed under artist Peter Kennard’s guidance. RAGE has worked with a number of festivals and institutions, and collaborated with artists from 12 different countries and cities around the world.

3D model of the installation, part of 404: Resistance in the Digital Age.

Sketches and models

404: Resistance in the Digital Age (2019) is a concept developed for CFCCA by RAGE collective that looks at the ways in which civilians attempt to take back power from restrictive government in light of growing censorship and surveillance online. It explores the dynamics of online power relationships and the ways resistance movements now use the internet to counter restrictions such as hacktivist movements, revolutions organised through social media and the widespread use of memes.

Inspired by the censorship method of oversaturation of information online, this new work is a 12 channel immersive film and sound installation. It uses archival footage from 1989 alongside new contemporary material, allowing audiences to reflect on the parallels between 1989 and today.

Private View on 23 May 2019.

on site experience of Che Fare.mp4 from amale khlat on Vimeo.

404: Surveillance is Surveying (2022)
RAGE Collective has developed this new commission for the University of Bologna with the collective, Into The Black Box, which traces methods of resistance over the last thirty years, looking at how digital platforms have been adopted as the primary means of organising and protesting.

This new work is an immersive split-screen video and sound installation. It is combined with 17 QR codes inviting the viewer to scan them onsite and transport them into a deeper experience, to reflect on the parallels between 1989 and today.

The website www.rage404project.com was created as an online version of the exhibition, which lasted for a month since the show opened.

The exhibition was part of the art festival, Arte Fiera.

Artwork by Peter Kennard

Star and Bars by Paul Coombs

The Odious Smell of Truth (2017)
The Odious Smell of Truth is the first exhibition by the RAGE Collective. The group made up of International, EU and British Fine Art Students from the Royal College of Art working together with Peter Kennard, RCA Senior Fine Art Tutor. The show is this group of emerging artists’ reaction to global issues ranging from populism, national identity, human rights, demagoguery, war and economic crisis.

Bapor Tabo(o) (2017)
A one-day moving exhibition, also part of Art Licks Weekend 2017‘s programme, curated by _Inventory, London.

Bapor Tabo(o) set on a boat flowing and gliding through the locks, along the London canals, showcasing live performances by live artists, groups, contemporary dancers and movers, musical performances and spoken word. The boat’s façade is strewn with artworks flying in the form of flags, posters and banners by RAGE collective.

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