Item 3529 - STRiKE

Video

“The electric light sometimes hides more information within public space than it shows. The idea of the video art work STRiKE can relate to the social discussion about urban aesthetics and the defensive psychological mechanisms of human against its mechanical creations and their application on everyday life. The camera shoots a young man at night, doing an accurate rebellious gesture, a playful activist praxis, against a public electrical lamp with a found stone in order to reveal the night panorama of the picturesque port at the Greek island of Symi. It is a romantic but violent strike gesture, which seems almost instinctive at first. On the other hand, this accuracy and very short duration reflects the power of the work's metaphorical content to the viewer, making him/her an eyewitness of one's self-attack against the contemporary human civilization on the purpose to protect his/her own nostalgia. A one-man only playful attack against the conscious ecological destruction humans have imposed on landscape under the excuse of the modernization. The act STRiKE seems almost hilarious to the viewer as it brings up the contradiction of the physical attempt on sports and gaming in general with activism. I was inspired by the “strike” action in the bowling game to entitle it. ATTENTION: the title is written as it sounds all letters capitals except the “i”. Please, keep the same writing way for the title always when referring to the particular video art work!” TAXIARCHOPOULOS YORGOS

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Llengua: Inglés. Països: Greece

Master es dvd PAL falta sinopsis en catalan falta sinopsis en castellano The work refers to a real story. The real story takes place at the Greek island of Symi where Daniel Spoerri, the famous fluxus artist lived and worked in the late '60s. There, a young lawyer (32 years old) visits his house for his summer vacation almost every year and one of the first things he does is to destroy the public lamp that is placed in front of his balcony's view to the street for aesthetic reasons. He says that it spoils his view to the port. The artist found the young person and asked him his permission to record this action. When everything was set up for the recording to everyone's surprise the protagonist broke the lamp using a found stone at once, in his first try. The title was choosen because it refers at the perfect gesture of a player in a bowling game and at the same time at the political demonstration of workers in order to fulfill their demands. It is a metaphorical or else alligoric title which gives to the viewer the chance to make several interpretations for the meanings and intentions of the artist creating this work. TAXIARCHOPOULOS YORGOS

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