A series of urban activism actions, realized in Oostende for Crystal Ship Festival, that move from urban installation to site-specific performance, from improvisation to urban furniture's transformation.
A common and constant element: each intervention has a social message addressed to the common people, to invite them to think and reflect about their daily problems.
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"Biancoshock is without a doubt one of the worlds leading urban interventionists working today, with a sharp eye for the ridiculous alongside propagating hard hitting socio cultural commentary, his work embodies all that Nuart strive to create a platform for. His work continues, as far as we’re concerned, street arts authentic linage, from the likes of John Fekner and Jenny Holzer to Darius and Downey and Harmen De Hoop. Artists who operate outside of traditional gallery systems and who have consistently used the streets to challenge the cultural hegemony.
When The Crystal Ship Festival reached out with an invitation to participate in curating an artist into their program that represented Nuart’s core values, then Biancoshock was one of a very few obvious choices. He’s an artist capable of providing the cultural glitches required to see the city and life anew. Like Nuart, his work embodies aspects of both Situationism and Dada and I’m sure he would identify with its founder Hugo Ball when he stated, "For us, art is not an end in itself... but an opportunity for the true perception and criticism of the times we live in”.
(Martyn Reed)
"PUBLIC SPEECH"
Photo Credit: Mark Rigney/ Hookedblog
A contemporary image of politics and their relationship with citizen: trash that considers the same people who elected them as trash, deceiving them with false promises. It’s useless to complain, it’s an agreement that we signed with them, when we elected them, accepting to be treated as garbage.
Intervention is connected an event which took place in Ukraine, where the people has physically thrown in the garbage bin a parliamentarian.
Click here for documentation.
(IT)
Immagine contemporanea della politica e del rapporto tra politico e cittadino: spazzatura che tratta lo stesso popolo che lo ha eletto come spazzatura, infatuandolo e ingannandolo con false promesse. Inutile lamentarsi, è un accordo che abbiamo firmato con loro, nel momento in cui li abbiamo eletti, accettando di essere trattati come rifiuti.
All’intervento si collega un avvenimento accaduto in Ucraina, dove il popolo per contestazione ha fisicamente gettato nel cassonetto dell’immondizia un parlamentare. Clicca qui per la documentazione.
4,5 x 6 mt - trash bin, chairs, trash bags, plastic
Photo Credit: Mark Rigney/ Hookedblog
A contemporary image of politics and their relationship with citizen: trash that considers the same people who elected them as trash, deceiving them with false promises. It’s useless to complain, it’s an agreement that we signed with them, when we elected them, accepting to be treated as garbage.
Intervention is connected an event which took place in Ukraine, where the people has physically thrown in the garbage bin a parliamentarian.
Click here for documentation.
(IT)
Immagine contemporanea della politica e del rapporto tra politico e cittadino: spazzatura che tratta lo stesso popolo che lo ha eletto come spazzatura, infatuandolo e ingannandolo con false promesse. Inutile lamentarsi, è un accordo che abbiamo firmato con loro, nel momento in cui li abbiamo eletti, accettando di essere trattati come rifiuti.
All’intervento si collega un avvenimento accaduto in Ucraina, dove il popolo per contestazione ha fisicamente gettato nel cassonetto dell’immondizia un parlamentare. Clicca qui per la documentazione.
4,5 x 6 mt - trash bin, chairs, trash bags, plastic
"EGO WASHER"
Photo Credit: Mark Rigney/ Hookedblog
Clean your ego and share it on Instagram.
(IT)
Pulisci il tuo ego e condividilo su Instagram.
0,95 x 1,24 mt - washing machine, paint, sticker
Photo Credit: Mark Rigney/ Hookedblog
Clean your ego and share it on Instagram.
(IT)
Pulisci il tuo ego e condividilo su Instagram.
0,95 x 1,24 mt - washing machine, paint, sticker
"DESTINATIONS"
We have two lives. The second begins when we realize we only have one.
(Confucio)
(IT)
Abbiamo due vite. La seconda comincia il giorno in cui ci si rende conto che non se ne ha che una.
(Confucio)
0,46 x 0,62 mt - printed toilet seat, mirror, electric candle, flowers, white stones
We have two lives. The second begins when we realize we only have one.
(Confucio)
(IT)
Abbiamo due vite. La seconda comincia il giorno in cui ci si rende conto che non se ne ha che una.
(Confucio)
0,46 x 0,62 mt - printed toilet seat, mirror, electric candle, flowers, white stones
"STREET BED"
Photo Credit: Henrik Haven
2 x 0.90 mt - pillow, blankets
Photo Credit: Henrik Haven
2 x 0.90 mt - pillow, blankets
"URBAN HOURGLASS"
0,17 x 0,72 mt - mixed media
0,17 x 0,72 mt - mixed media
Special Thanks: Martyn Reed, Bjorn Van Poucke, Samir, Sam, Marteen, Isaac Cordal, Joke.
