{"id":639,"date":"2016-07-03T14:49:45","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T12:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/waldach.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=639\/"},"modified":"2017-07-24T13:55:59","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T11:55:59","slug":"history-now","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"http:\/\/waldach.com\/en\/portfolio\/history-now\/","title":{"rendered":"History Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]\t<div id=\"thb-image-69f3bddcc4f93\" class=\"caption-style1  alignleft full  thb_image_link wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"mfp-image\" href=\"http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/history-now-exhib-02-NEU.jpg\" target=\"\" title=\"Exhibition View\" data-thb-group=\"\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"thb-image-inner size_100\">\n\t\t\t<img width=\"1914\" height=\"1500\" src=\"http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/history-now-exhib-02-NEU.jpg\" class=\"thb_image   thb-ignore-lazyload attachment-full thb-lazyload lazyload\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Exhibition View\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1914px) 100vw, 1914px\" data-src=\"http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/history-now-exhib-02-NEU.jpg\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/history-now-exhib-02-NEU.jpg 1914w, http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/history-now-exhib-02-NEU-768x602.jpg 768w, http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/history-now-exhib-02-NEU-1024x803.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/history-now-exhib-02-NEU-600x470.jpg 600w\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t[vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]\t<div id=\"thb-image-69f3bddcc61d3\" class=\"caption-style1  alignleft full  thb_image_link wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"mfp-image\" href=\"http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/history-now-exhib-01-NEU.jpg\" target=\"\" title=\"Exhibition View\" data-thb-group=\"\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"thb-image-inner size_100\">\n\t\t\t<img width=\"1914\" height=\"1500\" src=\"http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/history-now-exhib-01-NEU.jpg\" class=\"thb_image   thb-ignore-lazyload attachment-full thb-lazyload lazyload\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Exhibition View\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1914px) 100vw, 1914px\" data-src=\"http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/history-now-exhib-01-NEU.jpg\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/history-now-exhib-01-NEU.jpg 1914w, http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/history-now-exhib-01-NEU-768x602.jpg 768w, http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/history-now-exhib-01-NEU-1024x803.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/history-now-exhib-01-NEU-600x470.jpg 600w\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t[vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;werk-attributes&#8221;]<strong>History Now<\/strong>, 2016<br \/>\nGraphite, gouache, pigment pen on handmade paper<br \/>\nSeries consisting of 9 drawings, each 190 \u00d7 140 cm<br \/>\nPrivate collection[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;History Now&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23a8193f&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text]Wikipedia is the largest Internet encyclopaedia in the world today. One of the Internet\u2019s most frequently accessed websites, it has been in existence for only 13 years. What is relevant and warrants mention in Wikipedia? Who is allowed to post entries? What posts are most disputed in this digital encyclopaedia?<br \/>\nControversy arises particularly when issues such as religion and anti-Semitism are addressed, and it is no wonder that the articles on Adolf Hitler and Jesus Christ are among those that are most frequently rewritten. They are contemporary case studies on the user behaviour of the platform.<br \/>\nThe frequency of article edits is the point of departure for the drawing series \u201cHistory Now\u201d which features nine large drawings by Waldach of figures such as Jesus Christ, Adolf Hitler, members of the Red Army Faction (RAF) and Hannah Arendt, along with handwritten texts. The texts are excerpted from the various versions of Wikipedia articles that have been repeatedly rewritten. They are augmented by the artist\u2019s own knowledge of these people, for example through excerpts from personal letters for the RAF members. The result is a three-step process consisting of the historical figure, the controversial discussion surrounding his\/her merits or guilt and Waldach\u2019s selection of Wikipedia texts and own additional texts. The text as a motif is equally important as the drawn figure, and divides the visual space of the drawing.<\/p>\n<p>BW[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"thb-image-slider-14\" class=\"thb-image-slider slick thb-image-slider-style1   mfp-gallery dark-arrow   \" data-pagination=\"true\" data-navigation=\"\" data-center=\"0\" data-columns=\"1\" data-infinite=\"false\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-autoplay-speed=\"4000\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/HistoryNow01-768x1024.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" src=\"http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/HistoryNow01.jpg\" class=\"thb-ignore-lazyload attachment-full thb-lazyload lazyload\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"History Now \u2013 Pop, 2016\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" data-src=\"http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/HistoryNow01.jpg\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/HistoryNow01.jpg 1500w, http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/HistoryNow01-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/HistoryNow01-600x800.jpg 600w\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/HistoryNow02-768x1024.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" src=\"http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/HistoryNow02.jpg\" class=\"thb-ignore-lazyload attachment-full thb-lazyload lazyload\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"History Now \u2013 Franz Kafka, 2016\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" data-src=\"http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/HistoryNow02.jpg\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/HistoryNow02.jpg 1500w, http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/HistoryNow02-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/HistoryNow02-600x800.jpg 600w\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/HistoryNow03-768x1024.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" src=\"http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/HistoryNow03.jpg\" class=\"thb-ignore-lazyload attachment-full thb-lazyload lazyload\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"History Now \u2013 Niels Bohr, 2016\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" data-src=\"http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/HistoryNow03.jpg\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/HistoryNow03.jpg 1500w, http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/HistoryNow03-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/HistoryNow03-600x800.jpg 600w\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/HistoryNow04-768x1024.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" src=\"http:\/\/waldach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/HistoryNow04.jpg\" class=\"thb-ignore-lazyload attachment-full thb-lazyload lazyload\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"History Now \u2013 Hitler, 2016\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" 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