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KANTUTA QUIROS & ALIOCHA IMHOff - Overlapping Biennial

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K A S I A K R A K O w I A K<br />

“Ashaver 220” (2010)<br />

animation, echochrome game projection,<br />

mixed media, variable dimensions<br />

courtesy of the artist<br />

Proiectul a avut ca scop reconstruirea temporară şi suprapunerea<br />

graniţelor ghetoului din Varşovia pe harta actuală a oraşului. Pentru<br />

a delimita graniţele ghetoului au fost folosite telefoanele mobile.<br />

Atunci când un participant la proiect traversa graniţele fostului ghetou,<br />

el trebuia să primească o mulţime de sms-uri (anunţându-l că<br />

se află în centrul Varşoviei, amplasamentul fostului ghetou).<br />

Proiectul „Ashaver220” s-a folosit de acest context pentru a pune<br />

în evidenţă formele curente de „întemniţare” tehnologică. El<br />

construieşte o reţea virtuală între utilizatorii săi, reamintindu-ne ca<br />

că suntem controlaţi şi supuşi tehnologiei. „Ashaver220” creează, în<br />

acelaşi timp, un memorial virtual al oraşului Varşovia.<br />

Kasia Krakowiak<br />

The project was an attempt to temporarily rebuild and separate<br />

the borders of the ghetto and overlap them on the map of contemporary<br />

Warsaw. Mobile phones were used to trace the ghetto<br />

borders. When the participant in the project crossed the former<br />

ghetto walls he would be “sieged” by short messages (letting him<br />

know he was in the centre of Warsaw, site of the former ghetto).<br />

“Ashaver220” used this context in order to emphasize the forms<br />

of contemporary technological “imprisonment”. It builds a virtual<br />

network of users, drawing their attention to the fact that we are<br />

controlled and subjected to technology. “Ashaver220” also builds<br />

a virtual memorial of the city of Warsaw.<br />

Kasia Krakowiak<br />

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