Ali Taptık
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Publications coming soon.
Video and online works will follow.
Depression,
Gürtel
und Sehnsucht
2012
Realized during a two month residency at the project space of renowned Krinzinger Gallery, “Depression, Gürtel und Sehnsucht” focuses on subtle appearances of the sex industry and pornography.
First of the triptych depicts storefronts from the red light district of Vienna, Gürtel; a circular road in Vienna which originates from fortification wall built under emperor Leopold I, stretching through couple of districts. Digital removals of text from the images bring forth the forms that veil or signify the nature of these places.
The middle section is a bulk of text, created from the tag cloud of a popular porn-video website; the tags are taken along with the amount of videos every category, creating an alternative image of pornography.
The last part of triptych consists of portraits of escort girls from Vienna, censored with QR Tags that establish links to an online collection of literary and theoretical texts on pornography and addiction, providing a reader, a compendium to the artwork. The list of the texts can be accessed at dgs.alitaptik.com/index2.htm.
First of the triptych depicts storefronts from the red light district of Vienna, Gürtel; a circular road in Vienna which originates from fortification wall built under emperor Leopold I, stretching through couple of districts. Digital removals of text from the images bring forth the forms that veil or signify the nature of these places.
The middle section is a bulk of text, created from the tag cloud of a popular porn-video website; the tags are taken along with the amount of videos every category, creating an alternative image of pornography.
The last part of triptych consists of portraits of escort girls from Vienna, censored with QR Tags that establish links to an online collection of literary and theoretical texts on pornography and addiction, providing a reader, a compendium to the artwork. The list of the texts can be accessed at dgs.alitaptik.com/index2.htm.
