Daynça Viž
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| Years active | 1978—1990 |
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| Country | Seketan |
| Major figures | Rividje Alité, Gjord Lindgren, Amvel Elisen, Eryc Oly |
| Influences | Postmodernism, Expressionism, French New Wave, New Hollywood, Progressive rock, hardships of Zemasy |
Daynça Viž (DINE-sa-VIZH, lit. "free display") is a broad art movement in Seketan that commenced after the collapse of the Third Seketese Republic. It is characterized as an innate rejection to authoritarianism, as well as the embracement of artistic expression, counterculture, and youth culture. The movement encompasses film, music, literature, theatre, and visual art.
Identified as a Golden Age of Seketese art, Daynça Viž was preceded by underground Zemasy art and was highly influenced by outside Western popular culture. The term Daynça Viž originated from muralist Amvel Elisen whose 1978 piece was boldly captioned Onsd... daynça viž (lit. "art... free display").
Origin
Before the 1978 Seketese revolution, the Republic of Seketan was a dominant party state with the Kjedorate Party holding control since 1924. The period leading up to the revolution, known as Zemasy, was struck with economic hardship and ethnic nationalist-motivated violence. Art during Zemasy that was politically critical was often censored, and Western entertainment was often difficult to obtain. After Seketan's transition to democracy, artistic expression was liberated and what followed were unprecedented works that expressed previously censored or restricted sentiments.