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.
06.12.2018 HARMEN DE HOOP GAVE BIANCOSHOCK AN ASSIGNMENT: MAKE A WORK IN A SMALL VILLAGE.
BIANCOSHOCK: ONTHEGROUND - MACCASTORNA, 2018
Biancoshock visited Maccastorna (with its 73 inhabitants is the 11° smallest village in Italy) and he reproduced the iconic Subway M1 using some hay bales found in an agricultural field. The intervention ironically emphasized the difference between the limitations typical of the country life and the stress of living in a wide metropolis.
25.11.2018 BIANCOSHOCK GAVE HARMEN DE HOOP AN ASSIGNMENT: MAKE A WORK ABOUT LUCK.
The gold treasure from Beilen.
Harmen's find.
HARMEN DE HOOP: LUCK / NO LUCK - BEILEN, 2018
A gold treasure was found in the small village of Beilen (Netherlands), consisting of 22 golden coins and 6 golden bracelets (Roman Empire, 4th Century). Harmen de Hoop tried his luck using a metal detector. Unfortunately his find was less impressive...
13.10.2018 HARMEN DE HOOP GAVE BIANCOSHOCK AN ASSIGNMENT: MAKE A WORK ABOUT WINNERS.
BIANCOSHOCK: GOOD LACK - SOFIA, 2018
Action at the International Airport of Sofia, capital of the most needy country in Europe. Gambling today represents 3% of GDP and gambling addiction mainly afflicts the poorest segment of the population such as the unemployed, illiterates and old people.
The artist instead of donating money to the Red Cross offers a 'Scratch and Win' ticket.
The simple gesture mirrors the behavior of the state: the Bulgarian Government has applied a tax break for gambling companies and it invites people to 'Try your luck' to overcome the poverty instead of investing funds in social security, health and education.
27.08.2018 BIANCOSHOCK GAVE HARMEN DE HOOP AN ASSIGNMENT: DELIVER A PRIZE TO SOMEONE OR SOMETHING .
HARMEN DE HOOP: THE COMPETITION - ROME, 2018
Is life one endless competition? And who is the juror?
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22.07.2018 HARMEN DE HOOP GAVE BIANCOSHOCK AN ASSIGNMENT: GIVE IMPORTANCE TO SOMETHING OR SOMEONE .
Outside the Philip Arena II Stadium, Skopje.
BIANCOSHOCK: CHAMPIONS BIN - SKOPJE, 2018
Transforming a dirty urban object into a sparkling prize.
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27.06.2018 BIANCOSHOCK GAVE HARMEN DE HOOP AN ASSIGNMENT: COMMEMORATE SOMETHING OR SOMEONE .
HARMEN DE HOOP: AN AUDIENCE (FOR JULIA DE GRUIJTER) - AMSTERDAM, 2018
Julia de Gruijter (1887-1967) was a famous actress, decorated by the king of Belgium, buried in Amsterdam and today completely forgotten.
Let's give her an audience again.
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11.05.2018 HARMEN DE HOOP GAVE BIANCOSHOCK AN ASSIGNMENT: DO SOMETHING WITH SHEETS OF PAPER .
BIANCOSHOCK: DAILY BOMBINGS - LODI, 2018
The failed factory, closed in 2006, looks like a place that has just been bombed by an air-raid: the roof is collapsed and only rubble and debris remain on the ground. Using some of the hundreds and hundreds of documents (as invoices, technical sheets, manuals) found in the factory, the artist reproduced a funeral wreath to celebrate a moment of mourning for a place that has been bombed by this deep, social and silent crisis.
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25.04.2018 BIANCOSHOCK GAVE HARMEN DE HOOP AN ASSIGNMENT: INTERACT WITH GRAFFITI.
HARMEN DE HOOP: DO IT YOURSELF (COLORING BOOK) - ROTTERDAM, 2018
Activating the public.
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09.04.2018 HARMEN DE HOOP GAVE BIANCOSHOCK AN ASSIGNMENT: FIX SOMETHING TO A WALL.
BIANCOSHOCK: GRAFFITI CCTV - ROME, 2018
Observing the location.
Photo: Carmelo Battaglia
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12.03.2018 BIANCOSHOCK GAVE HARMEN DE HOOP AN ASSIGNMENT: ARRANGE SOMETHING IN A STRAIGHT LINE.
HARMEN DE HOOP: CURATING AN ART SHOW - SERAING, 2018
Another Van Gogh Museum.
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15.02.2018 HARMEN DE HOOP GAVE BIANCOSHOCK AN ASSIGNMENT: MAKE A WORK ABOUT DECAY.
BIANCOSHOCK: DECADENCE - MILAN, 2018
Playing with signaling plates used in the past to divide the different working-areas of the Fabriano ex- production site.
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31.01.2018 BIANCOSHOCK GAVE HARMEN DE HOOP AN ASSIGNMENT: PAINT SOMETHING.
