In the former Kebab shop named Munzur, Sebastian Rallo and I made an installation reflecting on our travels to the anti G8 demonstrations in Rostock, the Venice Biennale and the anti bush demonstration in Rome.
Through the installation we tried to share with the visitors our enthusiasm from the political experiences we participated in, but also the questions and dilemmas these kind of travels raise.
The instillation had both texts and sounds that we collected during our travels. We also created a video and museum like display. For obvious reasons the instillation was best experienced at the place but I will try to describe it for those who could not make it to Weimar.
Entering the Kebab shop, on the right we hung the manifestos of two groups we met at the anti G8 demonstrations that we felt close to them, the Hedonist International and the Rebel Clown Army. Between there manifest we hung earphones that your could hear: “Brigada Flores Magon†from the Antifa organized Concert, Redlich (the camp where we stayed next to Rostock).
In the corner we placed the video “The Best Work of Art I Experienced This Summer”, that you can view here. Above the video on the light box is “Following the Powers Travel Menu” presenting how much the deal cost us.
To the left of that you can listen to an interview from the Venice Biennale where Sebastian talks With Exhibition Guard Margerita where she complains about the being a precarious worker, and to the interview I gave in Venice at WPS1 art radio boat. Also hanging in this corner is the a document explaining the Italian labor laws giving a deeper understanding to what Magerita was talking about.
On the other side of the shop there is an old display refrigerator where we presented artifacts belonging to the “art work”.
After visiting Venice Biennale, Documenta 12, Skulptur Projekt Munster and the anti-G8 demostrations in Rostock, I describe the best work of art I have experienced this summer.
One my projects for the Rundgang (end of the year exhibition at the university) is an alternative map for the visitors of the Muenster sculpture project. Through photographs of “found art” and markings on the city map I created an alternative map for the visitors of the project.
During my visit to the Venice Biennale I gave an interview on the boat of WPS1 Art Radio. WPS1 is the Internet station of P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, a MoMA affiliate. In Venice they had a floating broadcast station with a studio and a ridiculous looking nineties style VIP lounge with free drinks and food.
I gave the interview representing the digital art center in Holon and Maarav art magazine. It’s not the best interview I have given, but its still a nice talk and you could hear the state of mind I was in trying to say some thing of meaning in this posh – strange biennale – art elite environment.
i will be talking at the Backjumps on Tuesday, 10th of July 19:00
at Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien
Mariannenplatz 2, Berlin.
Backjumps – The Live Issue#3 is a exhibition and event project devoted to street art and art forms found in public space. Even more than in previous years, this Backjumps will be concentrating on qualitative aspects of providing information. Discussions, lectures, workshops, city walking tours and performances, and will explore the multifarious phenomenon of Street Art through a process of active exchange.
I will be giving the talk with Naomi Tereza Salmon who will present her project “Simon says: Take me by the wordâ€, (on how to become an artivist), together with her thesis, website, and results.
I will present “The separation wall in Palestine – artists love to hate it†about artistic practices and public art related to the wall. the talk is similar to the on i gave at Kunstverein in Hamburg but this time i will put more emphasis on street artist and graffiti writers.
You are welcome to arrive earlier to see the Backjumps exhibition before the talk.
Hope to see you there,
