Street Arts
BR1 ELFO
NEXT OPENING
Intervention on light billboard
materials: H&M cotton t-shirt, plastic knife
In a Mediterranean geopolitical perspective, the positions of the Turkish Government are unclear on
the Islamic terrorism conflict, although Turkey plays an important role due to its geographical position.
This is not the right and proper place to discuss these topics. However, the interest of the artists
focused on the new communication strategies of terrorist movements, especially IS’ communication,
which increasingly make use of social networks, of viral videos, the hacked computer systems,
film techniques and so on. The intervention of artists, probably the most provocative, is titled “Next
opening,” as if the terrorist cell expansion into new territories was paradoxically announced through
advertisements on billboards. In this case the two elements, the orange t-shirt - also used by guantanamo
prisoners- and the knife, are the two symbols of the victim and the victimizer.
In un’ottica geopolitica mediterranea, non sono chiare le posizioni del governo turco sul contrasto
al terrorismo di matrice islamica, sebbene la Turchia svolga un ruolo importante, a causa della posizione
geografica. Non è questa la sede appropriata per approfondire questi argomenti. Tuttavia,
l’interesse degli artisti è stato rivolto alle nuove strategie comunicative dei movimenti terroristici, in
particolare dell’IS, i quali si servono sempre di più dei social network, dei viral video, dell’hackeraggio
di sistemi informatici, delle tecniche cinematografiche e altro ancora.
L’intervento degli artisti, probabilmente il più provocatorio, si intitola “Next opening”, come se l’espansione
delle cellule terroristiche in nuovi territori fosse paradossalmente annunciata tramite la pubblicità
sui pannelli pubblicitari. In questo caso i due elementi, la t-shirt arancione - usata anche a
Guantanamo - e il coltello, sono i due simboli della vittima e del carnefice.
- Video Br1 Elfo -polis Parade 1-istanbul 2014
http://vimeo.com/117041688 BR1 ELFO POLIS PARADE series of actions playing with police car toys two channel HD videos 02:56 min; 01:27 min sound, color filmed and edited by the artists Affected by the people’s awe toward the police, surely influenced...
- Video Br1 Elfo-polis Parade 2-istanbul 2014
http://vimeo.com/117041689 BR1 ELFO POLIS PARADE series of actions playing with police car toys two channel HD videos 02:56 min; 01:27 min sound, color filmed and edited by the artists Affected by the people’s awe toward the police, surely influenced...
- " Occhi Di Carta " Istanbul 2014
PAPER EYES series of nine digital photos This work is an attempt at introspective analysis of the landscape, through artificial and static eyes present in the city. The eyes belong to individuals and animals that are subject of posters, advertisements...
- Video "praying Toys" Elfo Br1 Istanbul
one channel HD video02:36 minsound, colorfilmed and edited by the artistsAction realized on Friday 19 December 2014 at 12 am, at the same time with the Friday community’sprayer, the most important in Islam. It is announced to people by the muezzin...
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"Electric Guitar" Collaboration/ Elfo/ Markus Butkereit Material/ electric cow fence, metal ladder Measures/ 500 x 500 x 200 cm 2013/ Torino/ Italy http://publicarena.tumblr.com/ La proprietà (privata) è un diritto...
Street Arts
" Next opening " H&M cotton t-shirt and plastic knife - ELFO BR1 - Istanbul 2014
NEXT OPENING
Intervention on light billboard
materials: H&M cotton t-shirt, plastic knife
In a Mediterranean geopolitical perspective, the positions of the Turkish Government are unclear on
the Islamic terrorism conflict, although Turkey plays an important role due to its geographical position.
This is not the right and proper place to discuss these topics. However, the interest of the artists
focused on the new communication strategies of terrorist movements, especially IS’ communication,
which increasingly make use of social networks, of viral videos, the hacked computer systems,
film techniques and so on. The intervention of artists, probably the most provocative, is titled “Next
opening,” as if the terrorist cell expansion into new territories was paradoxically announced through
advertisements on billboards. In this case the two elements, the orange t-shirt - also used by guantanamo
prisoners- and the knife, are the two symbols of the victim and the victimizer.
In un’ottica geopolitica mediterranea, non sono chiare le posizioni del governo turco sul contrasto
al terrorismo di matrice islamica, sebbene la Turchia svolga un ruolo importante, a causa della posizione
geografica. Non è questa la sede appropriata per approfondire questi argomenti. Tuttavia,
l’interesse degli artisti è stato rivolto alle nuove strategie comunicative dei movimenti terroristici, in
particolare dell’IS, i quali si servono sempre di più dei social network, dei viral video, dell’hackeraggio
di sistemi informatici, delle tecniche cinematografiche e altro ancora.
L’intervento degli artisti, probabilmente il più provocatorio, si intitola “Next opening”, come se l’espansione
delle cellule terroristiche in nuovi territori fosse paradossalmente annunciata tramite la pubblicità
sui pannelli pubblicitari. In questo caso i due elementi, la t-shirt arancione - usata anche a
Guantanamo - e il coltello, sono i due simboli della vittima e del carnefice.
- Video Br1 Elfo -polis Parade 1-istanbul 2014
http://vimeo.com/117041688 BR1 ELFO POLIS PARADE series of actions playing with police car toys two channel HD videos 02:56 min; 01:27 min sound, color filmed and edited by the artists Affected by the people’s awe toward the police, surely influenced...
- Video Br1 Elfo-polis Parade 2-istanbul 2014
http://vimeo.com/117041689 BR1 ELFO POLIS PARADE series of actions playing with police car toys two channel HD videos 02:56 min; 01:27 min sound, color filmed and edited by the artists Affected by the people’s awe toward the police, surely influenced...
- " Occhi Di Carta " Istanbul 2014
PAPER EYES series of nine digital photos This work is an attempt at introspective analysis of the landscape, through artificial and static eyes present in the city. The eyes belong to individuals and animals that are subject of posters, advertisements...
- Video "praying Toys" Elfo Br1 Istanbul
one channel HD video02:36 minsound, colorfilmed and edited by the artistsAction realized on Friday 19 December 2014 at 12 am, at the same time with the Friday community’sprayer, the most important in Islam. It is announced to people by the muezzin...
-
"Electric Guitar" Collaboration/ Elfo/ Markus Butkereit Material/ electric cow fence, metal ladder Measures/ 500 x 500 x 200 cm 2013/ Torino/ Italy http://publicarena.tumblr.com/ La proprietà (privata) è un diritto...