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Utopia Nations (Checkpoint)

Fadhil, Al; Fadhil, Al; Lisi, Riccardo; Lisi, Riccardo; Casati, Marta; Lisi, Riccardo

The choice of the place, a camping site, is emblematic for the artist, in a tourist city like Venice where the influence of tourists from all over the world is remarkable. This place represents a no-man's land for the artist. In military suit together with another performer, with a red arm band on their arms marked with two letters UN Utopia Nations, in front of the entrance barrier, they assumed the position of control and security. Practically in defense of nothing.

Camping Venezia Village, Mestre (Venezia, Italy), 2008

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Additional

It has happened during the opening days of the Biennale d'Architettura di Venezia 2008.

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vwg:declare 2008 Video 4:3 voc:voc_Genres:voc_Intervention voc:voc_Genres:voc_Site Specific voc:voc_Bezüge:voc_Politik voc:voc_Themen:voc_Macht-Ohnmacht voc:voc_Themen:voc_Migration voc:voc_Qualitäten:voc_symbolisch voc:voc_Mittel:voc_Kostüm voc:voc_Räume:voc_Öffentlicher Raum

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References

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anderesformat: video hd, video still, arm bands, berets
camera: Lisi, Riccardo
dauer: 45:00
doctype: Dokumentation einer Performance/Aktion / Documentation of a performance/action
eventcurator: Lisi, Riccardo; Casati, Marta
eventplace: Camping Venezia Village, Mestre (Venezia, Italy)
festival: Seek Refuge
function: Artist
jahrgang: 1955
medium: Video 4:3
performers: Fadhil, Al; Lisi, Riccardo
remark
schlagwort: Genres:Intervention;Genres:Site Specific;Bezüge:Politik;Themen:Macht-Ohnmacht;Themen:Migration;Qualitäten:symbolisch;Mittel:Kostüm;Räume:Öffentlicher Raum
sprache: eng