Kann Völkermord gestoppt werden? FreePlay ist ein interaktives Experiment, eine dramaturgisch strukturierte Konferenz in Form einer 24-Stunden-Performance, bei der die TeilnehmerInnen als „BotschafterInnen“ agieren können …
when
24 hours, 5 pm – 5 pm (CET), Oct. 9-10, 2011
where
The Window
6, kandlgasse, 1070 vienna
+ via live conference and live chat
research | moderation | costume design alexandra reill
idea / concept | programming / dramaturgy | space setting warren rosenzweig
public relations alexandra reill / warren rosenzweig
production jewish theater of austria in cooperation with austrian service abroad
in the framework of the festival kultur.herbst.NEUBAU |
vienna and with international participation 2011
FreePlay war eine Live-Audiokonferenz und ein Chat-Forum für den Diskurs über geografische Grenzen und Zeitzonen hinweg. Menschen jeden Alters und jeder Herkunft hatten die Möglichkeit, ihre Vorschläge, Kenntnisse, Meinungen und Fragen zu Völkermord darzulegen und Chancen und Wege zu entwerfen, wie das Internet möglicherweise zu seiner Prävention genutzen werden kann.
Alle FreePlay-„BotschafterInnen“ erhielten das Wort. Die österreichische Konzeptkünstlerin Alexandra Reill, alias „Raphaela Lemkin“, moderierte die 24-Stunden-Performance. Sie zitierte und improvisierte auch frei aus Robert Skloots Stück If the Whole Body dies: Raphael Lemkin and the Treaty Against Genocide. Aus praktischen Gründen moderierte Alexandra Reill in Englisch, aber BotschafterInnen konnten ihre eigenen Sprachen wählen.
FreePlay bot Menschen Vorort und mit Zugang zu Internet eine performativ-virtuelle Plattform, um Machtmissbrauch zu bekämpfen, und lud zu einem kreativen Gedankenaustausch über die künftige Prävention von Völkermord ein.
For 24 hours, The Window acted as Raphaela Lemkin’s open as much as fragile living room, and she acted as the arbitrator for compliance with the rules of the game by the international players who participated via live stream and live chat and those who visited The Window itself.
24 Stunden lang fungierte The Window als offenes und fragiles Wohnzimmer von Raphaela Lemkin, und sie fungierte als Input Creator wie als Schiedsrichterin für die Einhaltung der Spielregeln durch die internationalen SpielerInnen, die über Live-Stream und Live-Chat teilnahmen, und diejenigen, die The Window selbst besuchten.
Requirements:
1. Internet connection.
2. Headset (headphones and mike), or headphones and separate microphone.
3. Access code. To receive the access code, an email with the words “Access Code” in the subject line needed to be sent to JTA.
4. You will need to participate in a brief technical test (5-15 min.) at 4 or 8 pm on Fri., Oct. 7.
5. Please be familiar with the basic ideas of the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. (*)
Raphael Lemkin (1900 – 1959) war ein polnischer Anwalt, der dem Terror der NationalsozialistInnen entkam und 1941 in die USA auswanderte. 1943 prägte er das Wort „Völkermord“ und wurde der erste Aktivist für dessen Prävention. Er arbeitete bis zu seinem Lebensende unermüdlich daran, die Konvention über die Verhütung und Bestrafung des Völkermordes mitzugestalten und sich für die Ratifizierung durch alle Mitgliedstaaten der Vereinten Nationen einzusetzen. Die Konvention trat schließlich vor 60 Jahren, 1951, in Kraft. Lemkin glaubte, dass mit der Durchsetzung der Konvention der Völkermord der Vergangenheit angehören würde…
text warren rosenzweig | 2011
text editing | translation into german alexandra reill | 2020
FreePlay staged at
— the window | festival kultur.herbst.neubau / vie / int / 2011
FreePlay supported by
— commission of culture 1070 vienna
FreePlay featured by
— wauwau / vie / a / 11
— austrian service abroad / vie / a / 11
— wien.gv.at / vie / a / 11
— kulturherbst neubau / vie / a / 11
— wien.at / vie / a / 11
— neubau.gruene.at / vie / a / 11
(*)
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
Adopted by Resolution 260 (III) A of the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948.
Article 1
The Contracting Parties confirm that genocide, whether committed in time of peace or in time of war, is a crime under international law which they undertake to prevent and to punish.
Article 2
In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
(a) Killing members of the group;
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
Article 3
The following acts shall be punishable:
(a) Genocide;
(b) Conspiracy to commit genocide;
(c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide;
(d) Attempt to commit genocide;
(e) Complicity in genocide.
Article 4
Persons committing genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in Article 3 shall be punished, whether they are constitutionally responsible rulers, public officials or private individuals.
Article 5
The Contracting Parties undertake to enact, in accordance with their respective Constitutions, the necessary legislation to give effect to the provisions of the present Convention and, in particular, to provide effective penalties for persons guilty of genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in Article 3.
Article 6
Persons charged with genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in Article 3 shall be tried by a competent tribunal of the State in the territory of which the act was committed, or by such international penal tribunal as may have jurisdiction with respect to those Contracting Parties which shall have accepted its jurisdiction.
Article 7
Genocide and the other acts enumerated in Article 3 shall not be considered as political crimes for the purpose of extradition.
The Contracting Parties pledge themselves in such cases to grant extradition in accordance with their laws and treaties in force.
Article 8
Any Contracting Party may call upon the competent organs of the United Nations to take such action under the Charter of the United Nations as they consider appropriate for the prevention and suppression of acts of genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in Article 3.
Article 9
Disputes between the Contracting Parties relating to the interpretation, application or fulfilment of the present Convention, including those relating to the responsibility of a State for genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in Article 3, shall be submitted to the International Court of Justice at the request of any of the parties to the dispute.
Article 10
The present Convention, of which the Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall bear the date of 9 December 1948.
Article 11
The present Convention shall be open until 31 December 1949 for signature on behalf of any Member of the United Nations and of any non-member State to which an invitation to sign has been addressed by the General Assembly.
The present Convention shall be ratified, and the instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
After 1 January 1950, the present Convention may be acceded to on behalf of any Member of the United Nations and of any non-member State which has received an invitation as aforesaid.
Instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Article 12
Any Contracting Party may at any time, by notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, extend the application of the present Convention to all or any of the territories for the conduct of whose foreign relations that Contracting Party is responsible.
Article 13
On the day when the first twenty instruments of ratification or accession have been deposited, the Secretary-General shall draw up a proces-verbal and transmit a copy of it to each Member of the United Nations and to each of the non-member States contemplated in Article 11.
The present Convention shall come into force on the ninetieth day following the date of deposit of the twentieth instrument of ratification or accession.
Any ratification or accession effected subsequent to the latter date shall become effective on the ninetieth day following the deposit of the instrument of ratification or accession.
Article 14
The present Convention shall remain in effect for a period of ten years as from the date of its coming into force.
It shall thereafter remain in force for successive periods of five years for such Contracting Parties as have not denounced it at least six months before the expiration of the current period.
Denunciation shall be effected by a written notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Article 15
If, as a result of denunciations, the number of Parties to the present Convention should become less than sixteen, the Convention shall cease to be in force as from the date on which the last of these denunciations shall become effective.
Article 16
A request for the revision of the present Convention may be made at any time by any Contracting Party by means of a notification in writing addressed to the Secretary-General.
The General Assembly shall decide upon the steps, if any, to be taken in respect of such request.
Article 17
The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall notify all Members of the United Nations and the non-member States contemplated in Article 11 of the following:
(a) Signatures, ratifications and accessions received in accordance with Article 11;
(b) Notifications received in accordance with Article 12;
(c) The date upon which the present Convention comes into force in accordance with Article 13;
(d) Denunciations received in accordance with Article 14;
(e) The abrogation of the Convention in accordance with Article 15;
(f) Notifications received in accordance with Article 16.
Article 18
The original of the present Convention shall be deposited in the archives of the United Nations.
A certified copy of the Convention shall be transmitted to all Members of the United Nations and to the non-member States contemplated in Article 11.
Article 19
The present Convention shall be registered by the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the date of its coming into force.