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BIO
Belgrade artists Marija Vauda and Nikola Pilipovic have been
collaborating as MANIK since 1999.Their work reflects the
march of history, sometimes literally outside their studio, and a
dialogue with the international artistic community through
organisations and events such as Rhizome and Free Manifesta. Tiija is
their first weblog piece, their previous work has been in mediums as
diverse as video, performance, happenings, email, painting and
installation.
collaborating as MANIK since 1999.Their work reflects the
march of history, sometimes literally outside their studio, and a
dialogue with the international artistic community through
organisations and events such as Rhizome and Free Manifesta. Tiija is
their first weblog piece, their previous work has been in mediums as
diverse as video, performance, happenings, email, painting and
installation.
Re: NEW MANIK'S WORK
----- Original Message -----
From: manik
To: LIST@rhizome.org
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 11:34 PM
Subject: NEW MANIK'S WORK
3 NEW MANIK'S WORK ON SEEcult.
http://seecult.org/v-web/b2/index.php?cat=7
From: manik
To: LIST@rhizome.org
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 11:34 PM
Subject: NEW MANIK'S WORK
3 NEW MANIK'S WORK ON SEEcult.
http://seecult.org/v-web/b2/index.php?cat=7
Fw: Two thumbs DOWN for 01
----- Original Message -----
From: manik
To: LIST@rhizome.org
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 3:34 PM
Subject: Two thumbs DOWN for 01
Jewish people have a wisdom:"When hundred people claim one thing's right,an=
d only one claim opposite-this one's right."
In # art # problem's no one couldn't be right(by the definition)but permane=
nt support to bizarre average 0100101110101101.org represent serious sympto=
m for suspicion healthy sense of those who support them.
MANIK was serious worried after their action "Nike"(&something,because that=
was fucking stupid),but they are famous in net.art world?it could be MANIK=
'S mistake we thought,...Dear friends&comrade,unfortunately it wasn't our m=
istake.This poor,pathetic 01. org is falseness.It's boring to wrote about a=
ppearance like that,but there's main reason they're so popular and so,so(my=
poor friends who don't understand shit)fake.01 continued ideology of Itali=
an Communist Party&United Europe Utopia.Ital.Com.party was relativity stro=
ng when communism was official ideology of 75%world population(Film"Red',I =
think,Nixon ask Kissinger why he|Americans| should be worried about communi=
sm."Because 75% people on this planet live in communist countries." Fat sai=
d and Nixon kill millions of Cambodians).Now this Party with French Communi=
st Party serve as example for totally crash of communist ideology in West c=
ap.system(not social,my friends,not social programs,which cruel capitalism =
gladly replaced with communism).Why?Because they were/are weak,and they' pu=
nished to be capitalist humble slave.So,01 faking fight against globalize,c=
apitalism on American way(only realistic,bloody,inhuman,amoral capitalism w=
hen you can earn serious money,that mean Original Of Original,only one I ap=
preciate,only one worthy to be serious study and destroyed).With weapon(Nik=
e logo,Hollywood movie billboard...etc)o1 try to mix code and show how Amer=
ican hegemony works.But except their own promotion 01 actually advertise Am=
erican way of life,preciseness they ideology of fight against any social ri=
ght(see Black New Oleans after katrin).Instead "Brigate Rose","R.A.F",
01 are "American Flag Brigate"(with pink stripes instead red),and,my dear m=
ammal,that's reason of their popularity,all over the world.Tasteless,stupid=
,problem-delayers are welcome in every pro-American clan(whole West world).
Cheers
MANIK
Two thumbs UP.
On 1/22/06 6:49 PM, "Franco Mattes" <Propaganda@0100101110101101.org> wrote:
>
>
> 22 January 2006, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
>
> Fake European propaganda movie hits Austria and Bologna
> Mattes' grand artwork keeps on spreading in both the public and the
> media space.
>
>
> 'United We Stand' is the title of the much-hyped spy/action movie
> wholly produced by Europe, a large-scale propagandistic stunt that has
> in the past few months stirred much controversy. Too bad the movie
> doesn't actually exist, but it is instead the latest insane provocation
> of the artists' couple Eva and Franco Mattes, better known as
> 0100101110101101.ORG. After Berlin, Brussels, Barcelona, New York and
> Bangalore, the gigantic performance has now landed in Austria and
> Bologna.
>
> While the movie itself doesn't exist, the actors and the flashy poster
> do. They portray the inspired faces of the main characters surrounded
> by the blue of the European flag and by gruesome war scenes. The
> movie's Web site also exists - www.UnitedWeStandMovie.com - and it is
> accompanied by an extensive advertising campaign covering half the
> globe, causing extreme reactions in both the streets and the media.
>
> "United We Stand" Eva Mattes explains "mimics the typical Hollywood
> action movie where the US always wins and saves the world. We have used
> their cliched visual elements, but we have replaced their flag with the
> European one. The outcome is quite disturbing, it seems to me that it
> better communicates what we often take for granted, rather than stating
> what it truly represents".
>
> In the past months, the movie's posters have appeared on the remains of
> the Berlin wall, in front of the European Parliament, underneath the
> Empire State Building and on the picturesque walls of Bangalore, India.
> The campaign reaches across small urban centers as well as the
> advertising-crowded streets of global metropolises. Right now, as
> Austria is about to take over the European presidency, the advertising
> for 'United We Stand' is appearing on dozens of large advertising
> billboards along the Austrian roads, visible from hundreds of yards
> away.
>
> Still in Europe, but just further south, in Bologna, Italy, the flocks
> of movie fans that notoriously crowd the city have lately been
> wondering how a blockbuster movie with such big names as Ewan McGregor
> and Penelope Cruz could be released without them knowing it in advance.
> Different reactions were found on the McGregor's official fan site: "If
> Ewan decided to do it, I would definitely see it!".
>
> "The choice of the subject" writes Flavia De Sanctis Mangelli on the
> Italian newspaper l'Unita during the days of the New York campaign "a
> supposed war between the United States and China, with Europe trying to
> solve the case through diplomacy, is soaked with subtle and ironic
> provocation. How will Europe convince the two super powers? How can
> European political culture stand up to the great propaganda
> simplifications of Hollywood? The work is a poignant take on the
> tremendous power that the media has in the formation of consensus, as
> well as a biting political satire against a very small Europe, that
> only united could succeed in having its voice heard".
>
> The enormous artwork keeps on spreading, exploiting any existing
> medium, from the traditional news media, such as TV and the press, to
> word-of-mouth and the Internet. "United We Stand" writes Ben Davis on
> Artnet Magazine "with its focus on rejiggering pop cultural codes in
> social space, is a canny updating of Pop art for the age of viral
> marketing, when the mass media has penetrated firmly into the
> everyday".
>
>
>
> Parallel to the international promotional campaign, the work is
> exhibited until January the 21st at Postmasters Gallery, New York, and
> at Arte Fiera (January 27-30), in the Fabio Paris Art Gallery (Pad. 21,
> Stand B15).
>
>
>
> About the authors
>
> Eva and Franco Mattes - internationally known as 0100101110101101.ORG -
> are a couple of restless European con-artists who use non-conventional
> communication tactics to obtain the largest visibility with the minimal
> effort. Past works include inventing and promoting a nonexistent
> artist; spreading a computer virus as a work of art; challenging and
> defeating Nike Corporation in a legal battle for a fake advertising
> campaign.
>
>
>
> --
>
> To contact Eva e Franco Mattes:
> http://0100101110101101.org/contacts.html
>
> More info:
> http://www.0100101110101101.ORG
> http://www.UnitedWeStandMovie.com
> http://www.postmastersart.com
> http://www.fabioparisartgallery.com
>
>
>
> +
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917 723 2524
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From: manik
To: LIST@rhizome.org
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 3:34 PM
Subject: Two thumbs DOWN for 01
Jewish people have a wisdom:"When hundred people claim one thing's right,an=
d only one claim opposite-this one's right."
In # art # problem's no one couldn't be right(by the definition)but permane=
nt support to bizarre average 0100101110101101.org represent serious sympto=
m for suspicion healthy sense of those who support them.
MANIK was serious worried after their action "Nike"(&something,because that=
was fucking stupid),but they are famous in net.art world?it could be MANIK=
'S mistake we thought,...Dear friends&comrade,unfortunately it wasn't our m=
istake.This poor,pathetic 01. org is falseness.It's boring to wrote about a=
ppearance like that,but there's main reason they're so popular and so,so(my=
poor friends who don't understand shit)fake.01 continued ideology of Itali=
an Communist Party&United Europe Utopia.Ital.Com.party was relativity stro=
ng when communism was official ideology of 75%world population(Film"Red',I =
think,Nixon ask Kissinger why he|Americans| should be worried about communi=
sm."Because 75% people on this planet live in communist countries." Fat sai=
d and Nixon kill millions of Cambodians).Now this Party with French Communi=
st Party serve as example for totally crash of communist ideology in West c=
ap.system(not social,my friends,not social programs,which cruel capitalism =
gladly replaced with communism).Why?Because they were/are weak,and they' pu=
nished to be capitalist humble slave.So,01 faking fight against globalize,c=
apitalism on American way(only realistic,bloody,inhuman,amoral capitalism w=
hen you can earn serious money,that mean Original Of Original,only one I ap=
preciate,only one worthy to be serious study and destroyed).With weapon(Nik=
e logo,Hollywood movie billboard...etc)o1 try to mix code and show how Amer=
ican hegemony works.But except their own promotion 01 actually advertise Am=
erican way of life,preciseness they ideology of fight against any social ri=
ght(see Black New Oleans after katrin).Instead "Brigate Rose","R.A.F",
01 are "American Flag Brigate"(with pink stripes instead red),and,my dear m=
ammal,that's reason of their popularity,all over the world.Tasteless,stupid=
,problem-delayers are welcome in every pro-American clan(whole West world).
Cheers
MANIK
Two thumbs UP.
On 1/22/06 6:49 PM, "Franco Mattes" <Propaganda@0100101110101101.org> wrote:
>
>
> 22 January 2006, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
>
> Fake European propaganda movie hits Austria and Bologna
> Mattes' grand artwork keeps on spreading in both the public and the
> media space.
>
>
> 'United We Stand' is the title of the much-hyped spy/action movie
> wholly produced by Europe, a large-scale propagandistic stunt that has
> in the past few months stirred much controversy. Too bad the movie
> doesn't actually exist, but it is instead the latest insane provocation
> of the artists' couple Eva and Franco Mattes, better known as
> 0100101110101101.ORG. After Berlin, Brussels, Barcelona, New York and
> Bangalore, the gigantic performance has now landed in Austria and
> Bologna.
>
> While the movie itself doesn't exist, the actors and the flashy poster
> do. They portray the inspired faces of the main characters surrounded
> by the blue of the European flag and by gruesome war scenes. The
> movie's Web site also exists - www.UnitedWeStandMovie.com - and it is
> accompanied by an extensive advertising campaign covering half the
> globe, causing extreme reactions in both the streets and the media.
>
> "United We Stand" Eva Mattes explains "mimics the typical Hollywood
> action movie where the US always wins and saves the world. We have used
> their cliched visual elements, but we have replaced their flag with the
> European one. The outcome is quite disturbing, it seems to me that it
> better communicates what we often take for granted, rather than stating
> what it truly represents".
>
> In the past months, the movie's posters have appeared on the remains of
> the Berlin wall, in front of the European Parliament, underneath the
> Empire State Building and on the picturesque walls of Bangalore, India.
> The campaign reaches across small urban centers as well as the
> advertising-crowded streets of global metropolises. Right now, as
> Austria is about to take over the European presidency, the advertising
> for 'United We Stand' is appearing on dozens of large advertising
> billboards along the Austrian roads, visible from hundreds of yards
> away.
>
> Still in Europe, but just further south, in Bologna, Italy, the flocks
> of movie fans that notoriously crowd the city have lately been
> wondering how a blockbuster movie with such big names as Ewan McGregor
> and Penelope Cruz could be released without them knowing it in advance.
> Different reactions were found on the McGregor's official fan site: "If
> Ewan decided to do it, I would definitely see it!".
>
> "The choice of the subject" writes Flavia De Sanctis Mangelli on the
> Italian newspaper l'Unita during the days of the New York campaign "a
> supposed war between the United States and China, with Europe trying to
> solve the case through diplomacy, is soaked with subtle and ironic
> provocation. How will Europe convince the two super powers? How can
> European political culture stand up to the great propaganda
> simplifications of Hollywood? The work is a poignant take on the
> tremendous power that the media has in the formation of consensus, as
> well as a biting political satire against a very small Europe, that
> only united could succeed in having its voice heard".
>
> The enormous artwork keeps on spreading, exploiting any existing
> medium, from the traditional news media, such as TV and the press, to
> word-of-mouth and the Internet. "United We Stand" writes Ben Davis on
> Artnet Magazine "with its focus on rejiggering pop cultural codes in
> social space, is a canny updating of Pop art for the age of viral
> marketing, when the mass media has penetrated firmly into the
> everyday".
>
>
>
> Parallel to the international promotional campaign, the work is
> exhibited until January the 21st at Postmasters Gallery, New York, and
> at Arte Fiera (January 27-30), in the Fabio Paris Art Gallery (Pad. 21,
> Stand B15).
>
>
>
> About the authors
>
> Eva and Franco Mattes - internationally known as 0100101110101101.ORG -
> are a couple of restless European con-artists who use non-conventional
> communication tactics to obtain the largest visibility with the minimal
> effort. Past works include inventing and promoting a nonexistent
> artist; spreading a computer virus as a work of art; challenging and
> defeating Nike Corporation in a legal battle for a fake advertising
> campaign.
>
>
>
> --
>
> To contact Eva e Franco Mattes:
> http://0100101110101101.org/contacts.html
>
> More info:
> http://www.0100101110101101.ORG
> http://www.UnitedWeStandMovie.com
> http://www.postmastersart.com
> http://www.fabioparisartgallery.com
>
>
>
> +
> -> post: list@rhizome.org
> -> questions: info@rhizome.org
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--
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Brooklyn, NY 11222
http://www.leewells.org
917 723 2524
+
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Two thumbs DOWN for 01
Jewish people have a wisdom:"When hundred people claim one thing's right,an=
d only one claim opposite-this one's right."
In # art # problem's no one couldn't be right(by the definition)but permane=
nt support to bizarre average 0100101110101101.org represent serious sympto=
m for suspicion healthy sense of those who support them.
MANIK was serious worried after their action "Nike"(&something,because that=
was fucking stupid),but they are famous in net.art world?it could be MANIK=
'S mistake we thought,...Dear friends&comrade,unfortunately it wasn't our m=
istake.This poor,pathetic 01. org is falseness.It's boring to wrote about a=
ppearance like that,but there's main reason they're so popular and so,so(my=
poor friends who don't understand shit)fake.01 continued ideology of Itali=
an Communist Party&United Europe Utopia.Ital.Com.party was relativity stro=
ng when communism was official ideology of 75%world population(Film"Red',I =
think,Nixon ask Kissinger why he|Americans| should be worried about communi=
sm."Because 75% people on this planet live in communist countries." Fat sai=
d and Nixon kill millions of Cambodians).Now this Party with French Communi=
st Party serve as example for totally crash of communist ideology in West c=
ap.system(not social,my friends,not social programs,which cruel capitalism =
gladly replaced with communism).Why?Because they were/are weak,and they' pu=
nished to be capitalist humble slave.So,01 faking fight against globalize,c=
apitalism on American way(only realistic,bloody,inhuman,amoral capitalism w=
hen you can earn serious money,that mean Original Of Original,only one I ap=
preciate,only one worthy to be serious study and destroyed).With weapon(Nik=
e logo,Hollywood movie billboard...etc)o1 try to mix code and show how Amer=
ican hegemony works.But except their own promotion 01 actually advertise Am=
erican way of life,preciseness they ideology of fight against any social ri=
ght(see Black New Oleans after katrin).Instead "Brigate Rose","R.A.F",
01 are "American Flag Brigate"(with pink stripes instead red),and,my dear m=
ammal,that's reason of their popularity,all over the world.Tasteless,stupid=
,problem-delayers are welcome in every pro-American clan(whole West world).
Cheers
MANIK
Two thumbs UP.
On 1/22/06 6:49 PM, "Franco Mattes" <Propaganda@0100101110101101.org> wrote:
>
>
> 22 January 2006, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
>
> Fake European propaganda movie hits Austria and Bologna
> Mattes' grand artwork keeps on spreading in both the public and the
> media space.
>
>
> 'United We Stand' is the title of the much-hyped spy/action movie
> wholly produced by Europe, a large-scale propagandistic stunt that has
> in the past few months stirred much controversy. Too bad the movie
> doesn't actually exist, but it is instead the latest insane provocation
> of the artists' couple Eva and Franco Mattes, better known as
> 0100101110101101.ORG. After Berlin, Brussels, Barcelona, New York and
> Bangalore, the gigantic performance has now landed in Austria and
> Bologna.
>
> While the movie itself doesn't exist, the actors and the flashy poster
> do. They portray the inspired faces of the main characters surrounded
> by the blue of the European flag and by gruesome war scenes. The
> movie's Web site also exists - www.UnitedWeStandMovie.com - and it is
> accompanied by an extensive advertising campaign covering half the
> globe, causing extreme reactions in both the streets and the media.
>
> "United We Stand" Eva Mattes explains "mimics the typical Hollywood
> action movie where the US always wins and saves the world. We have used
> their cliched visual elements, but we have replaced their flag with the
> European one. The outcome is quite disturbing, it seems to me that it
> better communicates what we often take for granted, rather than stating
> what it truly represents".
>
> In the past months, the movie's posters have appeared on the remains of
> the Berlin wall, in front of the European Parliament, underneath the
> Empire State Building and on the picturesque walls of Bangalore, India.
> The campaign reaches across small urban centers as well as the
> advertising-crowded streets of global metropolises. Right now, as
> Austria is about to take over the European presidency, the advertising
> for 'United We Stand' is appearing on dozens of large advertising
> billboards along the Austrian roads, visible from hundreds of yards
> away.
>
> Still in Europe, but just further south, in Bologna, Italy, the flocks
> of movie fans that notoriously crowd the city have lately been
> wondering how a blockbuster movie with such big names as Ewan McGregor
> and Penelope Cruz could be released without them knowing it in advance.
> Different reactions were found on the McGregor's official fan site: "If
> Ewan decided to do it, I would definitely see it!".
>
> "The choice of the subject" writes Flavia De Sanctis Mangelli on the
> Italian newspaper l'Unita during the days of the New York campaign "a
> supposed war between the United States and China, with Europe trying to
> solve the case through diplomacy, is soaked with subtle and ironic
> provocation. How will Europe convince the two super powers? How can
> European political culture stand up to the great propaganda
> simplifications of Hollywood? The work is a poignant take on the
> tremendous power that the media has in the formation of consensus, as
> well as a biting political satire against a very small Europe, that
> only united could succeed in having its voice heard".
>
> The enormous artwork keeps on spreading, exploiting any existing
> medium, from the traditional news media, such as TV and the press, to
> word-of-mouth and the Internet. "United We Stand" writes Ben Davis on
> Artnet Magazine "with its focus on rejiggering pop cultural codes in
> social space, is a canny updating of Pop art for the age of viral
> marketing, when the mass media has penetrated firmly into the
> everyday".
>
>
>
> Parallel to the international promotional campaign, the work is
> exhibited until January the 21st at Postmasters Gallery, New York, and
> at Arte Fiera (January 27-30), in the Fabio Paris Art Gallery (Pad. 21,
> Stand B15).
>
>
>
> About the authors
>
> Eva and Franco Mattes - internationally known as 0100101110101101.ORG -
> are a couple of restless European con-artists who use non-conventional
> communication tactics to obtain the largest visibility with the minimal
> effort. Past works include inventing and promoting a nonexistent
> artist; spreading a computer virus as a work of art; challenging and
> defeating Nike Corporation in a legal battle for a fake advertising
> campaign.
>
>
>
> --
>
> To contact Eva e Franco Mattes:
> http://0100101110101101.org/contacts.html
>
> More info:
> http://www.0100101110101101.ORG
> http://www.UnitedWeStandMovie.com
> http://www.postmastersart.com
> http://www.fabioparisartgallery.com
>
>
>
> +
> -> post: list@rhizome.org
> -> questions: info@rhizome.org
> -> subscribe/unsubscribe: http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz
> -> give: http://rhizome.org/support
> +
> Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set out in the
> Membership Agreement available online at http://rhizome.org/info/29.php
--
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Brooklyn, NY 11222
http://www.leewells.org
917 723 2524
+
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d only one claim opposite-this one's right."
In # art # problem's no one couldn't be right(by the definition)but permane=
nt support to bizarre average 0100101110101101.org represent serious sympto=
m for suspicion healthy sense of those who support them.
MANIK was serious worried after their action "Nike"(&something,because that=
was fucking stupid),but they are famous in net.art world?it could be MANIK=
'S mistake we thought,...Dear friends&comrade,unfortunately it wasn't our m=
istake.This poor,pathetic 01. org is falseness.It's boring to wrote about a=
ppearance like that,but there's main reason they're so popular and so,so(my=
poor friends who don't understand shit)fake.01 continued ideology of Itali=
an Communist Party&United Europe Utopia.Ital.Com.party was relativity stro=
ng when communism was official ideology of 75%world population(Film"Red',I =
think,Nixon ask Kissinger why he|Americans| should be worried about communi=
sm."Because 75% people on this planet live in communist countries." Fat sai=
d and Nixon kill millions of Cambodians).Now this Party with French Communi=
st Party serve as example for totally crash of communist ideology in West c=
ap.system(not social,my friends,not social programs,which cruel capitalism =
gladly replaced with communism).Why?Because they were/are weak,and they' pu=
nished to be capitalist humble slave.So,01 faking fight against globalize,c=
apitalism on American way(only realistic,bloody,inhuman,amoral capitalism w=
hen you can earn serious money,that mean Original Of Original,only one I ap=
preciate,only one worthy to be serious study and destroyed).With weapon(Nik=
e logo,Hollywood movie billboard...etc)o1 try to mix code and show how Amer=
ican hegemony works.But except their own promotion 01 actually advertise Am=
erican way of life,preciseness they ideology of fight against any social ri=
ght(see Black New Oleans after katrin).Instead "Brigate Rose","R.A.F",
01 are "American Flag Brigate"(with pink stripes instead red),and,my dear m=
ammal,that's reason of their popularity,all over the world.Tasteless,stupid=
,problem-delayers are welcome in every pro-American clan(whole West world).
Cheers
MANIK
Two thumbs UP.
On 1/22/06 6:49 PM, "Franco Mattes" <Propaganda@0100101110101101.org> wrote:
>
>
> 22 January 2006, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
>
> Fake European propaganda movie hits Austria and Bologna
> Mattes' grand artwork keeps on spreading in both the public and the
> media space.
>
>
> 'United We Stand' is the title of the much-hyped spy/action movie
> wholly produced by Europe, a large-scale propagandistic stunt that has
> in the past few months stirred much controversy. Too bad the movie
> doesn't actually exist, but it is instead the latest insane provocation
> of the artists' couple Eva and Franco Mattes, better known as
> 0100101110101101.ORG. After Berlin, Brussels, Barcelona, New York and
> Bangalore, the gigantic performance has now landed in Austria and
> Bologna.
>
> While the movie itself doesn't exist, the actors and the flashy poster
> do. They portray the inspired faces of the main characters surrounded
> by the blue of the European flag and by gruesome war scenes. The
> movie's Web site also exists - www.UnitedWeStandMovie.com - and it is
> accompanied by an extensive advertising campaign covering half the
> globe, causing extreme reactions in both the streets and the media.
>
> "United We Stand" Eva Mattes explains "mimics the typical Hollywood
> action movie where the US always wins and saves the world. We have used
> their cliched visual elements, but we have replaced their flag with the
> European one. The outcome is quite disturbing, it seems to me that it
> better communicates what we often take for granted, rather than stating
> what it truly represents".
>
> In the past months, the movie's posters have appeared on the remains of
> the Berlin wall, in front of the European Parliament, underneath the
> Empire State Building and on the picturesque walls of Bangalore, India.
> The campaign reaches across small urban centers as well as the
> advertising-crowded streets of global metropolises. Right now, as
> Austria is about to take over the European presidency, the advertising
> for 'United We Stand' is appearing on dozens of large advertising
> billboards along the Austrian roads, visible from hundreds of yards
> away.
>
> Still in Europe, but just further south, in Bologna, Italy, the flocks
> of movie fans that notoriously crowd the city have lately been
> wondering how a blockbuster movie with such big names as Ewan McGregor
> and Penelope Cruz could be released without them knowing it in advance.
> Different reactions were found on the McGregor's official fan site: "If
> Ewan decided to do it, I would definitely see it!".
>
> "The choice of the subject" writes Flavia De Sanctis Mangelli on the
> Italian newspaper l'Unita during the days of the New York campaign "a
> supposed war between the United States and China, with Europe trying to
> solve the case through diplomacy, is soaked with subtle and ironic
> provocation. How will Europe convince the two super powers? How can
> European political culture stand up to the great propaganda
> simplifications of Hollywood? The work is a poignant take on the
> tremendous power that the media has in the formation of consensus, as
> well as a biting political satire against a very small Europe, that
> only united could succeed in having its voice heard".
>
> The enormous artwork keeps on spreading, exploiting any existing
> medium, from the traditional news media, such as TV and the press, to
> word-of-mouth and the Internet. "United We Stand" writes Ben Davis on
> Artnet Magazine "with its focus on rejiggering pop cultural codes in
> social space, is a canny updating of Pop art for the age of viral
> marketing, when the mass media has penetrated firmly into the
> everyday".
>
>
>
> Parallel to the international promotional campaign, the work is
> exhibited until January the 21st at Postmasters Gallery, New York, and
> at Arte Fiera (January 27-30), in the Fabio Paris Art Gallery (Pad. 21,
> Stand B15).
>
>
>
> About the authors
>
> Eva and Franco Mattes - internationally known as 0100101110101101.ORG -
> are a couple of restless European con-artists who use non-conventional
> communication tactics to obtain the largest visibility with the minimal
> effort. Past works include inventing and promoting a nonexistent
> artist; spreading a computer virus as a work of art; challenging and
> defeating Nike Corporation in a legal battle for a fake advertising
> campaign.
>
>
>
> --
>
> To contact Eva e Franco Mattes:
> http://0100101110101101.org/contacts.html
>
> More info:
> http://www.0100101110101101.ORG
> http://www.UnitedWeStandMovie.com
> http://www.postmastersart.com
> http://www.fabioparisartgallery.com
>
>
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