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Détournement

B-Art

…he artist and Salon 94, New York Musson shares with Bushmiller a certain skepticism about Modern art. They both react to its snob appeal and elitist obscurantism. Paradoxically, Musson and his art belong to precisely the kind of high-society art world that Bushmiller made fun of. Underlying the cheerful, visually attractive surfaces of this show’s works is a deeper ambivalence, a divided, insider-outsider state of mind that is expressed much more…

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DisplacementFuture Archivei-collect

Lost Boy

…. “Another piece shows this same boy as a disembodied head, wearing a pair of Captain America underwear over his head like a mask, smoking a cigarette with a video of his body underneath.” The works are about the “sacrifices we make for the good life: iPads, fun, parties,” says Kessler, and despite the dark, contemporary material, they feel neither dense nor gratuitous. “They’re a little dark,” he says, “but they’re not stripped of optimism. There

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TopicsVoices

A Nation is looking for a Flag

…itizenship and sometimes even a feeling of home. And it is nothing to make fun of: Flags are burnt during riots or wars and many countries protect their’s legally against all kinds of disfigurement. The Kiwis – as New Zealand’s inhabitants refer to themselves – in contrast seem to see this a little more relaxed than big parts of the rest of the world. Their current flag was firstly flown in 1902 and until now didn’t really make it to become an app…

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Place Hacking

“Wheel-board-riding”

…ove letter to a relatively carefree youth Skateboarding was a hip, modern, fun sport without rules – the total opposite of the stiff system of the GDR. The movie shows that the skater subculture wasn’t at all grey-on-grey and drab clouds of Trabant fumes. This Wildfremd production (Ronald Vietz & Michael Schöbel) by director Martin Persiel takes original clips of the “wheel-board-riders” – straight out of the East German scene in the 80s – and mix…

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Three Sided Football

Heryer Taksim!

…ersity in front of the Golden Horn. It was a great afternoon with a lot of fun, great people and inspiring encounters! It would not have been possible without the help of: Asena Hayal, Tan Cemal Genac (for the trailer and support during the match), Sabine Küper-Büsch, Thomas Büsch and Louisa Döderlein, thank you to all of you. Also a big thanks to: Philosophy Football FC from the UK, Dynamo Windrad from Germany and Ayazma Football Club from Turkey…

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Three Sided Football

Philosophers become cultured barbarians in city of protest

…d pass to another team and one of the young boys realised that it would be fun to receive a pass from someone then directly attack their goal. This was 3sided football as pure as it gets, spontaneous and peaceful yet retaining the concepts of collaboration and deviance in the pursuit of victory. Mark called for the end of the first rotation, the structure of a complete game had been created and while scores were kept, no one really cared about the…

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Erdogan’s Islambul

…festival), Erdoğan has become one of the most popular motives being poked fun at. Ironically, the Premier Minister functions as a perfect inspiration for artists and creative minds, since he acts not only slightly imperious and boastful, but seems to have lost any touch with reality since the beginning of the peaceful protests. Not only the excessive use of chemical weapons against the people by “his” (he himself said so) police, but also Erdoğan…

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