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Baltensperger + Siepert, 2012
Drawing Boundaries was on display at the Shanghai Biennale 2012/13 as a collaboration with chinese artist Shi Qing.
Für Drawing Boundries haben wir unterschiedliche Nationalflaggen produzieren lassen. Die farbigen Flächen liessen wir dabei durch ein einheitliches weiss / rot ersetzen. Durch das weglassen der Farbe als Identifikator geht die eindeutige Zuortbarkeit verloren, und das Objekt verliert seine Autorität als Identitätsstiftendes Symbol. Die Arbeit spielt mit den Emotionen der Ausstellungsbesucher die zwischen Wiedererkennung, Selbstverortung und Entfremdung zirkulieren.
Während eines Studienaufenthaltes in Shanghai und in Vorbereitung einer Kollaboration mit dem Chinesischen Künstler Shi Qing, liessen wir in einer Hinterhof-Schneiderei in Shanghai uniformierte Flaggen im kaiserlichen Rot herstellen. Unser Fokus lag dabei auf der Übersetzbarkeit eines Konzeptes in eine andere Kultur.
Baltensperger and Siepert are very interested in symbols of national and cultural identity in postcolonial times. With their works they investigate fragments of these symbols and examine their function by letting them unfold in different contexts.
For their project Drawing Boundaries Siepert and Baltensperger produced various national flags. Instead of reproducing the flags one-to-one they eliminated all colours and replaced them with a simple unifying red / white. The artists see national flags as a questionable symbol that unites and divides at the same time, a display of cultural and territorial boundaries.
Baltensperger and Siepert are very interested in symbols of national and cultural identity in postcolonial times. With their works they investigate fragments of these symbols and examine their function by letting them unfold in different contexts.
Image: Territories @ Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai, Powerstation of Art, 2012
Image: Production of the flags in a backyard tailoring in Shanghai