man made skies - Jochen Traar | Art Protects You

legendary cake-in-the-face attack on the Vienna stateFreedom Party leader, ART PROTECTS YOU presentedJörg Haider with a chocolate cake as he was opening anexhibition. This was later used in a work as a poster motifbearing the caption DO IT YOURSELF. After severalextended visits to Los Angeles, Jochen Traar opened aproject space in Vienna in 1999, a gallery he calls friendsof the night and with which he expands ART PROTECTSYOU by an almost institutional contribution of protectionversions. In this space Jochen Traar shows differentpositions of contemporary art; video works are projectedonto the street, making them also visible at night.RThe photo series man made skies arose in Los Angeles.It stems from the ironic desire to control activities in thesky, whereby this godlike intention models itself after the -individual - image of the artist as the Platonic godlikecreator. The fact that this could be an alter ego is not ruledout by the intrusion-laden concept of ART PROTECTS YOU.RRich reiseI’m rising