Fiction Talks #1

Piotr Wyrzykowski [C.U.K.T.]

Intervention in Chernivtsi’s urban space involved radio advertisements at 14 public transport stops in Ukraine. The audio work cleverly disguises itself as a typical advertisement, offering non-existent services from imaginary design and architectural bureaus. Despite the unconventional approach, no calls learn more
Intervention in Chernivtsi’s urban space involved radio advertisements at 14 public transport stops in Ukraine. The audio work cleverly disguises itself as a typical advertisement, offering non-existent services from imaginary design and architectural bureaus. Despite the unconventional approach, no calls were received during the three-week campaign. Presented by the German-Ukrainian company “BAUHATA LIMITED,” we specialize learn more
Bauhata Imited (WYSIWIG (What You See Is What You Get), 2017
							Leo Trotsenko						
Mixed-media installation, De Appel, Amsterdam, 2006. A Jewish bank by the name of Lippmann, Rosenthal & Co. had been trading at 6-8 Nieuwe Spiegelstraat, in Amsterdam, since 1859 – a building today occupied by the De Appel center for contemporary learn more
Mixed-media installation, De Appel, Amsterdam, 2006. A Jewish bank by the name of Lippmann, Rosenthal & Co. had been trading at 6-8 Nieuwe Spiegelstraat, in Amsterdam, since 1859 – a building today occupied by the De Appel center for contemporary art. During WWII and the German occupation of the Netherlands, the Nazis deliberately used the learn more
Lippmann, Rosenthal & Co
							Michael Blum						
In 1998, artists Eva & Franco Mattes created the pseudonym Darko Maver, a fictional reclusive artist whose life was set in the former Yugoslavia and influenced by the ongoing war. Maver’s purported early works were life-size sculptures made from wax, learn more
In 1998, artists Eva & Franco Mattes created the pseudonym Darko Maver, a fictional reclusive artist whose life was set in the former Yugoslavia and influenced by the ongoing war. Maver’s purported early works were life-size sculptures made from wax, rubber, and fabric. He allegedly roamed ex-Yugoslavia, depositing disturbingly realistic puppets of murder victims in learn more
Darko Maver (1998-99)
							Eva & Franco Mattes						