Thematically, the exhibition is based on the work of the Austrian writer and journalist Karl Kraus (1874 – 1936). Kraus worked tirelessly to expose the hypocrisy and inflammatory language of his "great" contemporary. This is not least expressed in his text In These Great Times, which many claim was a prophecy in relation to the coming world war. The exhibition's curator François Piron has raised the perspective to see whether the legacy of such a historical figure can be managed by contemporary art.

Piron finds that it exists in a number of related strategies in the way artists harass and undermine the dominant language and twist the distanced critical analysis. This is expressed through satire, parody, repetition and "détournement", the situationists' method of reclaiming art's radicality. Piron: Today more than yesterday, pacification, consensus, commodification and the desire for inclusion triumph over resistance to the accepted ideas of the prevailing language. Therefore this question: how can indignation be expressed today? The exhibition's artists respond by attacking and treating themes such as consumer criticism, ruling ideologies, racism and chauvinism. The exhibition also establishes an archive of a renowned Norwegian artist's legacy, and a proposal for a sculpture in front of the Police House in Oslo is shown.

François Piron has curated several renowned exhibitions for prestigious art institutions such as the Reina Sofia in Madrid and the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. He often starts from a literary person who acts as a mouthpiece for the exhibition. Previously, he has, among other things, investigated Raymond Roussels' influence on European and American surrealism.