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“Fein & Rein” (de)
2025
de. kampFEINsatz = en. combat operation
de. fein = en. fine
de. militäREINsatz = en. military operation
de. rein = en. pure
“kampFEINsatz” and “militäREINsatz” expose how violence is linguistically softened through the seductive promises of fein (fine) and rein (pure), embedded within. Borrowing from pop aesthetics and advertising language, the piece mimics the mechanisms that package war as clean, precise, and necessary. The collision of playful surface and destructive imagery reflects a present in which military action is not only normalised but carefully branded. What appears loud and entertaining reveals a disturbing clarity: even war is sold to us as something efficient and sophisticated, almost admirable.
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