man made skies - Jochen Traar | Art Protects You

ehind that are easily blurred. One of them leads to thenomadic urban photographer who stands below - in thecity - snatching images, where ART PROTECTS YOU -but not he himself - has been given an iconographicallysecured position. This cloud is like a parody of all “sites”and “nonsites”, it is obliged, however, to subject itself toa historical comparison. In the altarpieces depictingCatholic saints a division in two realms was very common,whereby “below” there was an earthly representation withall the earthly difficulties in a martyr’s life, while above, thesaint in heaven had left all his earthly problems behind,experienced redemption, and been chosen as a protectorand mentor. The short passage of a trip across the sky isall that separates the two worlds.RThis was not the first time ART PROTECTS YOUappeared in this arrangement. In 1996 a helicopter wasrequired to choreograph the movement of the 14 morethan 2-meter tall letters that spelled out ART PROTECTSRRund die Londowns London-Towns Sun-downsExplo-Parise die Expos die Sionen