Lost & Found Series
2005
Lost & Found (Shangri-La)
2005
This is a public action where the artist and his accomplices lose wallets from an imaginary place. Each of these wallets is identical and contains fake ID and money from an imaginary place. The wallets were lost in Chicago both in the downtown and in Hydepark. This work was produced by Hydepark Art Center for the exhibition Interaction.
2005
This is a public action where the artist and his accomplices lose wallets from an imaginary place. Each of these wallets is identical and contains fake ID and money from an imaginary place. The wallets were lost in Chicago both in the downtown and in Hydepark. This work was produced by Hydepark Art Center for the exhibition Interaction.
Lost & Found (Shangri-La)
2005
Detail. This detail shows the wallet’s fictional contents. The wallet is a conglomeration of utopian references, mainly drawn from the book Lost Horizon by James Hilton, the movie based on the book by Frank Capra and the paintings of Nicholas Roerich. This work questions the Western fantasy of Shangri-La by making a wallet that cannot be returned.
2005
Detail. This detail shows the wallet’s fictional contents. The wallet is a conglomeration of utopian references, mainly drawn from the book Lost Horizon by James Hilton, the movie based on the book by Frank Capra and the paintings of Nicholas Roerich. This work questions the Western fantasy of Shangri-La by making a wallet that cannot be returned.