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Städteplanung / Architektur / Religion Buch IX - Wendy & Jim ST/A/R 69
PRISONERS’ INVENTIONS
BY ANGELO & TEMPORARY SERVICES
This project was a collaboration with Angelo, an incarcerated artist. He illustrated
many incredible inventions made by prisoners to fill needs that the
restrictive environment of the prison tries to supress. The inventions cover
everything from homemade sex dolls, condoms, salt and peper shakers to
chess sets. We collaborated on this project with Angelo for over two years. We
had many additional collaborators who made a book, exhibition of re-created
inventions and a prison cell possible.
“When first approached with the idea of illustrating examples of inmate inventiveness,
I was skeptical, thinking that there would be little of real interest
to depict. When I set my mind to the task, though, I recognized the surprising
range of inventions and innovations that I had witnessed. I had just become
so used to it all that the uniqueness no longer registered.”
The drawing and the image
are a part of the recreation
of Angelo’s cell. Angelo
measured his entire cell, and
made the drawing, so that a
copy could be built.
copyright 2002 K.Kennefi ck
Foto: Mirjana Rukavina, Model: Patricia Kaiser-AMT (www.amtvienna.com) , Bildnachbearbeitung: Iztok Brodnjak
Mirjana Rukavina ist Künstlerin und Modefotografin. Ihr fotografisches Auge und konzeptuelles Verständnis von Popkultur wird ihr sowohl als Modefotografin wie als Videokünstlerin die Türen in beiden
Genres weit öffnen. Ihre Videos wurden bei den internationalen Filmfestivals (Diagonale Graz, Austria; Zero Visibility Festival of Electronic and Arts, Vilnius, Rome & Ljubljana; The 6th Element Latvian Center
for Contemporary Art Riga, Latvia; Kyoto Biennale Goethe Institute Kyoto, Japan; Alternative Video Film Festival Belgrade, Serbia; Vidarte Festival Internacional de Video y Artes Electrónicas, Mexico City, Mexico)
gezeigt. Für das slowenische Staatsfernsehen (RTV SLO) produzierte sie die monatliche TV-Sendung „Terminal“, über audio-visullen Kulturen und der digitalen Medien in Kunst. Ihre Video und Photo-Installationen
waren in Museen und Galerien in Slowenien, USA, Österreich, England und Deutschland vertreten. Sie lebt in Wien und Maribor/Sl und hat an der Akademie der bildenden Künste in Wien Malerei
studiert.
www.mirjanarukavina.net
Mirjana Rukavina
Mirjana Rukavina
Installation view at MASS MOCA PRISONERS’ INVENTIONS,
Angelo & Temporary Services 2004
http://www.temporaryservices.org
This page offers an overview of the project thus far.