ARTIST PROFILE

Marcel  Mališ

  • Slovakia (b. 1978 in Bratislava)
  • Currently in Bratislava, Slovakia.
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    8. La Rivoluzione Siamo Noi, 205 x 305 x 50 cm, trivision billboard, photographic foils, 2010 | 2010

Trojfázový rotačný billboard zobrazuje skupinové fotografie z bývalej základnej školy, nasnímané v priebehu revolučných rokov 1989 a 1990. Prvá fotografia nás zobrazuje v pionierskych uniformách, na druhej sme už prezlečení v „západnom outfit-e“ s logami, Disneyho postavičkami atď. Tretia plocha je pokrytá reflexnou fóliou, zrkadliacou okolie, galériu, návštevníkov. La Rivoluzione Siamo Noi je komentár k udalostiam z rokov 1989-1990, demystifikuje revolúciu a zobrazuje ju len ako formálnu zmenu, alebo lingvistický prevrat, aktéri ostávajú tí istí, zmena prebieha iba navonok. Rotačný billboard je reklamné médium s funkciou šíriť mýty kapitalizmu, demokracie a mýtus slobodnej spoločnosti. Očistenej od komunizmu. Revolúcia je referenčný bod, vymedzuje a tvorí novú spoločnosť, znova sa z nej stáva mýtus. A three-phase rotational billboard shows two photographs of my former elementary-school class, taken over the course of the years 1989 – 1990. The first photo depicts us in pioneer uniforms, the second one already in „western“ outfits with logos, Disney pictures, etc. The third plane of the billboard is covered with an aluminium reflective foil, mirroring the environment, the gallery, the viewers. La Rivoluzione Siamo Noi is a commentary on the revolution years 1989-1990. It demystifies the revolution and pictures it as a formal change or a linquisticall turnaround. Its protagonists remain the same and the change occurs on the surface only. A rotational billboard is a medium of advertisements, its function is to spread the myths of capitalism and democracy and even thought the myth of a society freed from the traces of communism or any kind of ideology. Revolution is a reference point, which defines and forms the new society, and thus becomes a myth.