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title: 'Seán Hannan'
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markdown: 'https://gogbot.nl/program/sean-hannan.md'
date: '2026-09-08'
description: 'Part of the GOGBOT x Rijksmuseum Twenthe exhibition Democracy Now?, running from September 17, 2026, through February 14, 2027. The exhibition is free to visit during GOGBOT Festival, reserve your free ticket. A tried-and-tested propaganda technique is to portray “the other” as vermin, both dangero…'
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# APE (2023-2024)

## Seán Hannan

   Art   Rijksmuseum Twenthe  

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 **Part of the GOGBOT x Rijksmuseum Twenthe exhibition [Democracy Now?](https://www.rijksmuseumtwenthe.nl/en/see-and-do/democratie-nu), running from September 17, 2026, through February 14, 2027. The exhibition is free to visit during GOGBOT Festival, reserve [your free ticket](http://gogbot.nl/ticketshop).**

A tried-and-tested propaganda technique is to portray “the other” as vermin, both dangerous and ridiculous in order to incite people to action. This happened in 19th-century Ireland, when the English colonisers distributed pamphlets dehumanising the Irish population by depicting them as violent and “uncivilised” apes. APE is a video installation that uses Artificial intelligence to embrace the slur and generate an alternative timeline for Irish historic events for Irish independence.

Seán Hannan is an Irish-rooted Amsterdam based visual artist working across installation, video, sound, performance, and artificial intelligence. His practice explores how technological systems shape, preserve, and distort memory, mythology, and truth.

  ![Seán Hannan](https://gogbot.nl/images/0/a/2/6/7/0a267e90832b2b612cbec3df962be14e6c62803f-sean.jpg) 

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