Without meeting Harmen de Hoop and Biancoshock will give eachother assignments to make an artwork in the city where they currently are. Every work will be a reaction to the one made before by the other artist. The documentation of their interventions and actions will be shown here.
18.04.2024 BIANCOSHOCK GAVE HARMEN DE HOOP AN ASSIGNMENT: MAKE A WORK WITH A FRAMED PHOTO.
HARMEN DE HOOP: ADOLF HITLER - MUNICH, 2024 With hindsight, it is easy to condemn Hitler as pure evil, yet he was democratilly elected, and until his death millions of people adored him. So how do we judge democratilly elected politicians like Donald Trump, Victor Orbàn or Vladimir Putin, who attempt to limit the judiciary, remove judges, and control the press for their propaganda purposes? When does a 'populist democracy' become a dictatorship, and who is responsible? What can we do when the majority chooses to elect an autocratic and anti-democratic leader?
17.03.2024 HARMEN DE HOOP GAVE BIANCOSHOCK AN ASSIGNMENT: MAKE A WORK ABOUT THE FUTURE.
BIANCOSHOCK: A NEW PIECE IN RHODES - RHODES, 2024 Biancoshock realized a small graffiti with his signature name on a framed photo he found in his hotel room. It's a simple intervention that in the future could become an artwork only if someone notices it, otherwise it will end up in the trash bin as soon as the room will be renovated. This is part of the art system, where a small gesture made today can become a recognized artwork in the future, if someone will decide to give it a value. The hotel is placed in the Rhodes Old Town.
08.02.2024 BIANCOSHOCK GAVE HARMEN DE HOOP AN ASSIGNMENT: MAKE A WORK WITH LETTERS / WORDS.
HARMEN DE HOOP: AFTER THE DEMONSTRATION - FRANKFURT, 2024 Shell is still looking for a new sources of oil and gas and does not have any plans to reduce the overall amount of oil and gas it produces. We all believe in freedom of speech, but is there any chance that fossil fuel companies will listen to the demands of protesters who want to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to zero?
08.11.2023 HARMEN DE HOOP GAVE BIANCOSHOCK AN ASSIGNMENT: MAKE A WORK ABOUT YOUR FATHER.
BIANCOSHOCK: LETTER TO MY DAD - MILAN, 2024 Biancoshoock wrote a letter to his father, who died more than 20 years ago. The letter was written by superimposing the letters of the words one on the top of the other, without ever lifting the pen from the paper. The impetuous and tiring movement represents the emotional state of the artist, who was never completely able to accept the event. The anxiety and fear of expressing his feelings give life to a "performative" letter in which he digs into his emotions to reach deeper, darker and more delicate levels. The result is an indecipherable letter which leaves a profound mark of what was deeply experienced by the artist. It's the first time that the artist talks about this topic through his art.