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Nordkorea meets USA – heute gibt’s subversive Pizza-Themen im Doppelpack: Memefest-Oliver hat sich mit der US-Fastfoodkultur beschäftigt – und dabei den Pizzahacker aus San Francisco entdeckt. Seit einigen Jahren ist der Pizzahacker mit seinem umgebauten Ofen unterwegs, bäckt Pizza illegal im Straßenraum und gibt DIY-Tipps. Sein Ziel: “Democratization. I want to enable anybody to make world-class pizza on their deck or in their backyard, cheaply, quickly, and efficiently. It’s fun, veggie-friendly and 100 times easier than people think. We need an alternative to regular old grilling, and everybody loves pizza – don’t trust anybody who doesn’t.” (*).

Und für Nordkorea hat Hwang Kim eine Pizza-Propaganda-DVD hergestellt und diese dann von chinesischen Schmugglern ins Land bringen lassen. Kim schreibt über sein Projekt “Pizzas for the People“: “In the course of a long running ideological conflict North Korea is one of the most culturally isolated countries in the world, which reject any foreign influences through a tight control of media and communication equipment. To protect the NK identity from potential damaging western influences, short wave radios for example are banned while TV receiver are locked to tune only to the 3 official channels. Paradoxically, with the support of pizza loving leader Kim Jong-il the first-ever Pizzeria was recently opened to provide an authentic Italian experience for a minority of wealthy political elite. With the aim off challenging current cultural obstacles in North Korea, I have contacted a number of Chinese smugglers in China to distribute illegal propaganda over the border to North Korea, through the popular DVD format, which players are widely found in NK homes.” Das Projekt wird gerade im Royal College of Art in London ausgestellt. Via/Via