The Hiwa K art gallery offered many different auditory displays that each had a different cultural background. I spent most of my time watching “This Lemon tastes of Apple” by Hiwa K. It depicts the author and his friend in the middle of a street protest in 2011. The two men walk up and down the streets of a foreign country playing the harmonica and guitar through a megaphone. The shouts of men in distress as well as watching the state people were living in, had a big impact on me. The cultural difference between my life and the lives of the people in the video are very different, giving me a sense of gratitude. Wounded men were being carried away after being shot, showing the chaoticness and barbarity of their living conditions. The headphones in this exhibit allowed me to feel as if I was in their place, experiencing what Hiwa K was going through. I could clearly focus on the gunshots as well as men and women screaming for help. In the middle of this horrific protest, Hiwa K still managed to play his instrument, rallying the people around him. Men began to follow him and support them in the fight through the power of music. I never realized how the noise from instrument can have such a strong effect on people in a situation like a violent protest.
