Description
Fahrettin Örenli’s artist’s book ‘Conspiracy Wall > ANARTIST’ [2004-2014] brings together Örenli’s literary work [poetry] and his visual artwork [drawing and photography]. The book contains depictions of maps [of oil pipelines, for instance], urban landscapes, portraits, public figures and imaginary or real creatures and animals. The work can be seen as a critical voice that expresses current cultural and social developments as well as the artist’s function in society and in the art scene. The project deals with the ways in which political and economic problems and actions have affected human life throughout history, and particularly over the last decade. The work observes how these problems have affected nature – the place where existence comes into being – and questions what this might mean for the future. With the work Örenli intends to observe and question today’s environment through the feelings it evokes in us as human beings. The aim of the installation is to deal with the complex indvidual, social and political issues of the age in which we live. The project researches the direct relationship that exists between economics and politics on the one hand and art and education on the other. It critically questions today’s cultural and social developments, as well as the language that is used in art and by artists. With this book presentation SMBA wants to give its visitors the chance to discover the interesting stories and research embodied in this work, which the artist created over a time period of ten years.
Fahrettin Örenli: ‘Conspiracy Wall > ANARTIST’
Artist’s book that can transform into an installation. Poems and artworks by Fahrettin Örenli. The poems are printed in varnish and gold/silver foil letter printing [Dutch, English & Turkish – without translations]. Essays by Lex ter Braak ‘The Phantom Called Life’; November Paynter ‘A Selfish Evolution’; Fahrettin Orenli ‘Conspiracy Wall ANARTIST’ [English & Turkish]. 158 pages [paper interior, munken lynx rough 170 gr. + Book Jacket & Cover munken lynx rough 3000 gr.]. There are hidden photographic images inside French fold pages 66 x 48 cm & four-sided pages with perforated lines to tear out. Size of the book: 33 x 48 cm & four sided-pages with lines to tear out.
