Clean Hands 

2009

This project can be exhibited as an installation, a performance or simply as an artist book. The project consists of white gloves that are printed by hand and hung from a clothesline as though they had just been washed. The images printed on the gloves are those of the people/places/*items* lost/ murdered in city in which the work is exhibited. The choice of white gloves is due to the fact that the simple inexpensive material contrasts with the elegant manner of presentation chosen by the artist. This is because in “dirty” jobs, if everything goes according to plans those responsible manage to keep their hands clean. Clean Hands, as performance can get more interesting with the participation of local people and by result their own memories/ traces.

Exhibitions:

June 2011: “Anti-Anti Utopia: Art, Technology and Hope” International Group Exibition, interactive video / sound installation “Sleep Well” and performance “Clean Hands” Davis Art Center, Davis, California / USA

November 2010 : AMBER ’10 International Arts and Technology Festival “datacity” curated by BIS: Body-Process Arts Association; Parallel Activity “Lunapark Project: Traces, Memory, Stereotypes, Globalism” , performance “Clean Hands” ,Talimhane Theatre, Istanbul / Turkey

October 2010: “ Luna Park” International, interdisciplinary, multimedia performance project, curated by artscenico e.V. (Dortmund) in cooperation with BIS ( stanbul), video installation “Life Box” and performance “ Clean hands”, Munich / Germany

October 2010 : “ 24 Sata Umetnosti ” International Art Festival, curated by Jovana Morcic Molnar artist book “Clean Hands” , Belgrad / Serbia (Catalog)

June 2010: “ Luna Park” International, interdisciplinary, multimedia performance project, curated by artscenico e.V. (Dortmund) in cooperation with BIS ( stanbul), video installation “Life Box” and performance “Clean Hands”, premiere- Dortmund / Germany

June 2009 : ART BREAK Party, curated by Paola Bortolotti, video installation “sevenstepsaway” and artist book  “Clean hands”, Contemporary Art Center, Luigi Pecci, Prato / Italy

June 2009 : Open day- Futuribili, curated by Andrea Granchi , artist book “bla bla bla” and artist book “ Clean Hands” , Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, Florence / Italy

May 2009 : Traiettorie 2, curated by Andrea Granchi and Giuliana Videtta , artist book “Clean Hands” , Headquarters of the Consiglio di Quartiere 1, ex- Murate room, Florence / Italy. (Catalog)

Photo credit : Onur Girit

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