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To make a statement about Edward Snowden and the NSA I asked thousands of people to think about a sudden change in political or religious regime.
Are there any secrets that really needs to be covered for the eyes of these new governments?
Do you dare to share these secrets or confessions with me?
I received hundreds of reactions. Most of them send in encrypted form by the use of a special designed website with no possibility to locate senders.
At the same time I was focussing on the headlines in Dutch, American and English newspapers concerning the NSA and Snowden. In a period of 5 months over 1000 articles were published in these newspapers. I decided to use the American and English headlines to create a wall of statements.
All secrets and headlines are printed on vinyl in white on black or the opposite.
The gallery, a former butcher shop, is completely covered with tiles. The dimension of the prints is exactly the size of the white tiles in the gallery. The prints are positioned on the white tiles and together they form a pattern that, on its turn, is again a encrypted message.
Om een statement te maken over Edward Snowden en de NSA heb ik duizenden mensen gevraagd na te denken over een plotselinge verandering in politiek of religieus regime. Zijn er geheimen die verborgen moeten blijven voor de ogen van deze nieuwe regeringen? Durf je deze geheimen of bekentenissen met me te delen? Ik ontving honderden reacties. De meeste hiervan werden verzonden in gecodeerde vorm via de speciale website zodat ik de afzender niet kon achterhalen.
Tegelijkertijd heb ik mij gericht op de krantenkoppen in Nederlandse, Amerikaanse en Engelse kranten met betrekking tot Snowden en de NSA.
In een periode van 5 maanden zijn meer dan 1000 artikelen verschenen in deze kranten. Ik besloot alleen de Amerikaanse en Engelse koppen te gebruiken om een muur vol statements te maken.
Alle geheimen en krantenkoppen zijn geprint op vinyl in wit op zwarte achtergrond of andersom. De galerie, een voormalige slagerij, is volledig betegeld. De afmeting van de prints is exact gelijk aan de tegels van de galerie. De prints zijn zo geplaatst op de tegels dat er een patroon ontstaat dat op zijn beurt weer een versleutelde boodschap in zich draagt.
don satijn in de witte slagerij
Sketches and ideas for the exposition december 2013 in gallery "de witte slagerij" (The white Butcher) Rotterdam Holland. The exposition is an installation on the tiled walls of the gallery. The blog is describing the development towards the final exposition. The blog is to be considered as a virtual place to give space on my thoughts and ideas concerning the exposition.
donderdag 21 november 2013
vrijdag 25 oktober 2013
maandag 21 oktober 2013
Today I finished the design for the left wall of the gallery
Using the snowden alphabet, the statement:
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT
ANYTHING YOU SHARE CAN BE HELD AGAINST YOU
fits exactly on this wall. I'm going to use the newspaper heading for this wall.
I need around 400 headings, so still 60 to go.
That won't be a problem because there are more American newspapers then I used till now.
The design can either be using the normal alphabet or using it inverse.
This choice I have to make within weeks because then everything needs to be send to the printshop.
Using the snowden alphabet, the statement:
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT
ANYTHING YOU SHARE CAN BE HELD AGAINST YOU
fits exactly on this wall. I'm going to use the newspaper heading for this wall.
I need around 400 headings, so still 60 to go.
That won't be a problem because there are more American newspapers then I used till now.
The design can either be using the normal alphabet or using it inverse.
This choice I have to make within weeks because then everything needs to be send to the printshop.
zaterdag 19 oktober 2013
vrijdag 18 oktober 2013
In the right back corner of the gallery I will hang 3 or 4 QR-codes. These QR-codes are printed on 75 x 75 cm aluminum.
The message can be scanned by using a smartphone or tablet.
Maybe I will make a series of small QR-codes with secrets and confessions. I discovered that you can print an extra message over the QR-code without making the QR-code unreadable. This gives me possibilities to play around a little.
SECURITY IS NO EXCUSE FOR MASS SPYING
The message can be scanned by using a smartphone or tablet.
Maybe I will make a series of small QR-codes with secrets and confessions. I discovered that you can print an extra message over the QR-code without making the QR-code unreadable. This gives me possibilities to play around a little.
SECURITY IS NO EXCUSE FOR MASS SPYING
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