​Without meeting Harmen de Hoop and Biancoshock will give eachother assignments to make an artwork in the city where they currently are.
​Every work will be a reaction to the one made before by the other artist. The documentation of their interventions and actions will be shown here. 


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26.03.2025 BIANCOSHOCK GAVE HARMEN DE HOOP AN ASSIGNMENT: MAKE A WORK ABOUT WAR.
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HARMEN DE HOOP:  THE UNITED NATIONS - OLTEN, 2025
Do the United Nations fight for freedom? With tanks, ships and airplanes, like on the 1943 poster by Leslie Ragan? But the United Nations have been unable to prevent Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing genocide in Gaza. If they are powerless, who will fight for our freedom?


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15.01.2025 HARMEN DE HOOP GAVE BIANCOSHOCK AN ASSIGNMENT: MAKE A WORK ABOUT SOMEONE WHO DIED.
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BIANCOSHOCK:  THE DECEPTION - KALATHOS, 2025
The installation, created at the former Gadurrà airport in Rhodes, recalls a tragic episode of World War II. After the armistice between Italy and the Allied Forces on Sept. 8, 1943, the island of Rhodes came under German control. Italian soldiers were deceived by the Nazis with the promise of being boarded onto planes headed for Italy to return home. In reality, instead of being brought back to their homeland, the soldiers were deported to concentration camps, where most of them died.
The sign, installed on the old control tower, reproduces the font used during that period for military and propaganda communications. The main element of the artwork is the letter "A", which, placed on a support that concealed the original inscription, is about to detach. This detail emphasizes the deception experienced by the Italians, transforming a place that should have represented hope and return into a symbol of deadly trap. 


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25.12.2024 BIANCOSHOCK GAVE HARMEN DE HOOP AN ASSIGNMENT: MAKE A WORK ON / ABOUT A GRAVEYARD.
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HARMEN DE HOOP: RED ROSES FOR ALINE-MARIE FREY - OLTEN, 2025
Can art offer comfort to those who grieve?


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