Conceived as a series of abstract prints for billboards installed as megalights on the busiest streets in Skopje, this project aims to reclaim commercially usurped public space for artistic purposes. The Abstract Politics series of digital prints for billboards draws upon a wide array of artistic strategies traditionally used by abstraction (the liberating power of randomness, chaos, gestures), while at the same time recontextualizing them and translating them into the language of new media.
In the previous period I installed two megalights (3x4 m in size each) on the streets of Skopje. The locations ensured optimum visibility of the project: one right in front of the Government building,
and the other on one of the busiest intersections in the center of Skopje:
The megalight includes the title of the work, the size, year and medium, i.e. Zoran Poposki, “Abstract Politics 1 (Political consensus holds key to European integration)”, digital print, 3x4 m, 2008. Also provided is the address of the website with documentation of the project: www.public-space.info to direct the viewers to learn more about the concept and process.
The works were installed for a period of 1.5 months, from February 20th to April 1st 2008. During that period, the website with the documentation of the project attracted a total of 467 visit.
I also had an exhibition at the Tocka Cultural Center in Skopje, where I exhibited documentation of the process and 10 digital prints on forex of the works in the series. Attached are a few photographs:
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