Ingo Günther was born in 1957. He lives and works in New York. His early sculptural works with video led him to news media projects, where he played a crucial role in the evaluation, interpretation, and publication of satellite data taken from crises zones. Since 1989 Günther uses illuminated globes as a medium for his artistic and journalistic interests. His project Refugee Republic of 1995 was also the first site dealing with refugees on the internet.
Refugee Republic is a concept based on the ever increasing number of refugees, displaced persons and migrants. Refugee Republic is attempting to address the problem associated with this condition. Refugee Republic maintains that refugees are essentially unrealized capital and that their involuntary fate of an international avantgarde can be turned into productive assets.
Refugee Republic proposes a supranational and supraterritorial refugee state that might become a model for the rest of the world.
Refugee Republic website.
Ingo Günther's website.
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